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REMAINS

HISTORICAL & LITERARY

NOTICE.

The Council of the Chetham SiiciiTY have deemed it
^■t^iaable to is>ue as a ^parate Volume thU portion of
Blshop Gastrells Xotitia C^'^tnen*U. The Editor s notice
•rf the Bi«hop will be added in the concluding part of the
wort now m the Pressw

M.DCCC.XLlx.

REMAINS

HISTORICAL & LITERARY

CONNECTED WITH THE PALATINE COUNTIES OF

LANCASTER AND CHESTER

PUBLISHED BY

THE CHETHAM SOCIETY.

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VOL. XIX.

PRINTED FOR THE CHETHAM SOCIETY.

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JAMES CKOSSLEV. Bi^u., I

HHV. RICHARD PARKINSON. B.D., F.S.A., CA»o^ op MiNCHESil

Principal or Ht. Bbf-s Colleoe, Vjck-Phehidem.
WILLIAM BBAMONT.

THE VERr REV. OEOROG HULL BOWERS. D.D.. Dean i>i' Ma»
RSV- THOUAS CORSER. M.A.
.lAMRB DEARDEN, P.S.A.
EDWARD HAWKINS, F.R8., F.S.A., F.L.9.
THOMAa HETWOOD, FftA.
W. A. HDLTON
REV. J. PICGOPE. M.A.
REV. F. K. RAINEH. M.A. F.H.A.

THE VEN. JOHN RUSHTON, D.D.. AhchdsacoN ur MauCNBSTEB
WILLIAM LANUTON. THEASUKER.
WILLIAM FLEHINO, M.D.. Hon. Secretahi.

^otttta Cedtriendtd,

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HISTORICAL NOTICES OF THE DIOCESE

OF CHESTER,

BY THE

RIGHT REV. FRANCIS GASTRELL, D.I).

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LORD BISHOP OP CHESTER.

NOW FIRST PKINTEJ) FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT, WITU ILLUSTHATITK

AND EXPLANATORY NOTES,

BY

THE REV. F. R. RAINES, M.A. F.S.A.

RURAL DEAN OF ROCHDALE, AND INCUMBENT

OF MILNROW.

VOL. II. — PART I.

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CONTENTS.

VOL. II. — PART I.

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PART II.

Seamrp of fitamtitittr, in fUmastim.'

^ »^€®ii.mfi.meti-im'e.' K.

Patron, Lord Warrington. J^

v^ Aii.[iio] 1305, Patr.[on,] Tho[inas] ^J,"--
>p^ de GreUe. MS. Hulm. 95. 1. 11. e^
m Cartul. Epl Cw. el Lichf.
1^.; An.[iio] 1551, S' llich. Langton
[Hoghton] presented. Itut.[ilutum]
B.look,'] l,p. 44.

' Uanchmtor appettt to h&TO become the head of & Bund Desnery before the Hun.
dred of Snlford wa> couatituted, u the Deanery is commensurnto with the Buiulred,
nnd jet is DMned after tho chief town of tboEcclpaiMtical, andnotof the Civil, distriot.
Thu Rural DKBDHTy of Mancbeeter comprehended in the twelfth centuty, tho Pariahea
of Miinchcal<-r, BolIon-le-Moon, Borj, Sa:loa, Middleton, Bsdetifl*e, Rtx-bdale, oud
PrcBtwicb, and M a IaIct Jieriod were added, Ashlon, FUxton, and Dcui, wliich hod
obtained Ibe rank of parish™. The rcpriMenlBtive of this Deanery was geueraJJj the
Bcctor of UaccheBttr, and "Dom. Q. Decanua DeuanatAs dc Uamcatr." occura iu •
deed a. d. and ngnin "Dno. O. Dccan. do Munceiitr." atteat* aeit after William de
DompUntoD, Viuar of Bochdalu, before thu jenr 1238, Thi^ andeut Eodeaiastieal
dintrict IB now dividoil into the modem Rural Deaneriea of Monchiator, Aabton, Bol-
tou, and Rochdaki, aud, though "aufflcicntly thick of people," to adopt the ijuaiiit
VOL. II.]

2 .\\\' llotitin Ctatrimoift.

An.[ijoi f557. Crown presented, Hugo Grill'.[itii] in Dcerctis
DoctOf/.'-ib. p. 49.

•Jangull^ of Fuller, "it cxi'pediiiglj thin of parishes," there being only olurini iu tbc
wl(ple Hundred of Solford.
, '•, *^n 1756 the coonty of lancuter wu described ^» being ouo hundred and screnlj
■' milo in circuit and a Count; Palatine, m sending fbiirt(<(>n mcmbera to Purtiument,
ond as bRving siitj-two parishe* and twpnlj-threc market lowoe. The parish pliurchca
in the Diocese of Chester were returned as being two huiirlnnl and fUlj-sii.

' From early times, until the tenth ocntnrj, it was the cuJiloni for thu Biahop per-
Bonnlly to visit each Parish under his juriBdietion, oncie n jenr, unless where the TJio-
ceae was of too great an cxIpdI, in whirh case the indulgenra of a biininial, nr, at fur-
thest, a trioDniftl Tisitstion was allowed hiin. On the Seripture principle iwnnj rogilvr
«■« ttipetidia milUare was founded the rule (list the Biahop should be entertained at
the Church bj the Parish Priest, irliich enl«rtainmcQ[ waa styled Proeuratio, from
^rooirare 'to re&ceh,' as in tlio verse,

" heti bene gestia corpora rebus

Frocuraie virL"— Fij^. jBa. ii. 158.

As soon as the Bishops eoased to hold their itinemnt Tisitations and Ihcir Clergy
were convened to their Cathedmls, Iho word "procumtio" cjtme to irignify (ss prory
at pnmratio» etiU doe«) a ppconiary sum or composilioii paid as a eommutHtion for
the pravision or onl<TtaiDaient. The mte Tories in different parishes. At Ashton,
the "Froruration aununUy, is Gs. Bd." — Sec Dapping, Trael. de fiiitat. de Spitr. p. 8)
Eonnet, Paroch. Ant. Olonary ,- Beeves' Eeclet. Aaliq. of Down, Coimor, and Dro-
».r.,p.99.

> The ancient Episcopal Synods (which were held about Easter,) were composed of
the Bishop, oa proaident; (he Dean of the Cnthedrnl, na roprescntnliTc of the Colle-
giate body; the Archdeacons, as at first only dopaties or proctors of that inferior or-
der of Deacons, and the TTrhan and Rural Deans who represented all the Parochial
Priests within their diTinifit. IIcDce the Dame Sgnodalin, called in English Sgnodaiii
or Sysorfie*, which denoted the duty usually paid by the Clergy when they come to
those Synods, The sum generally payable was two shillings, which was fixed so early
•a A.D. &T2, and payable alone to the Bishop, do jure conununi. Kcnnct, Far. Ant.
Olot.! Oibaon, Codrx, Tit. 4S, c. 9; ConcUin, T. 896.

' At the trienjiial visitation of the Bishop a procuration is still paid hy corWin of
the Clergy, whilst the annoal procuration ia paid by Church- wardens at the Archdea-

' Dediealcd to St. Michael Value in 1834, £1407. Kfgislers begin in 1594.

At the Nomuui Conquest, the Manor of Aehton wa« granted by the King to his
kinsman Roger, Enrl of PoictiorB, but was forfeited by him between the years 1066
and 1066. Ilia oonfiacated lands were restored to the earl by William Rufus, but owing
to a subsequenl revolt, he was banished England by Henry I. in 1102, and the crown
granted Ibis Manor In Robert de Oredle or Orelliy, Lord of Mnncheelfr. It >s

Btantrs at fiAm^ntn. 3

Leave to build a new Gallery, and add to y^ old oncj an. [no]
I 1719. Reg-lUler] B.look,] 4.

recQrili.«d b llic Ttitit de NenlF, thnt Albert Gredle tea. gave iii marriago with bb
dnugbler Emmik a curumti^ of lund in Eatoii (Aabton) to Orm Fiti Ewnrd or Ailtrord,
Bad thai, tho bvirs of Orm held the Bsme. 'Fhii son of Orm is styhsd Fit2 Onn dc
Eaton, and the old Lauciuhiro gencalogiits (tea CoUiaa' Saron'ti^, vol. ii. p. 207,
1720,} have stated this Onu to bo malo onc^etur of lhi< Aeshotonn of Aahton-ouder-
line. The proo^ howuvor, is wantingi End from a very careful oud eriticnl MBmina-
lion of original Bvidcnoe*, Dr. Ormerod, the Cheshire Hislorian, (see Kichols' Oillre-
lanea Topoffraphica et OtHealor/ica, vol rii.) has shown that thi; Manor wu naticallir
held by an Aseheton, by any knoira authentic deed, before d Oharter of Free Warren,
dated Ihe !Kh Edward III. An Indenture dated Ffbr. U13, stales that the Manor
then held b; Sir John Asshcton, vu held 12th Edward I. (1283,) iinmodiotcl; trota
the Lords of Maneheslar, not bj the AstJiBtcns but by the ancestor of Sir Eichard do
Kirkby, and in the 6th Henry VI. tho Asihotons bald as a mtinffudation under
Kirkl^. The Eston of the Tata de SecilC hub evidently Orm-Eston, now Urm-
aton, in the Parish of Flixton, and the Imido of Onn Fiti Ailnard, as to a knigbl'e
tee adjaeent to Ormakirk, passed to his heir, Bogcr de IaIIiodi, the foundur of
Bursiwugh.

This Uanor continued in the Assbeton &mi)y from the yew 1335 until the death
uf Sir Thomas Awbelon, 7th Henry Till. (161E>,} when it poeaed in marriage with
ICargaret, hie eldest daughter and coheiress, to Sir Wm. Booth of Dunham Mnssey,
■tieestor of Oeurgo Uorry, Earl of Stamford and Warrington, the present noble

Aa the manor was hold of Ihu Baron of Manchester, so the Chapel of Ashton was

dependent upon the Ohuroh of Uanthcstec antmor to th« S2ud Edward I. (1303,)

hut it appears to have obtained the rank of a Parish Church before 1391, when "the

ChuBch of Aahton" was valued at £10 per annum. And in tho 2nd Edward n. (1306,)

Thomaa do Orelley gnve to Sir John, ailurwards Baron du la Warr, and to Joan his

wife, sister of the said Thomas, and to theic hL-ire, the odvoweon of the "CuiTBOIIU

of Hamoestre and Assbetune." Id tho Sth Ueury VI. Thomas do la Warr gave

, (0 Bir John de Ashton £.B. tho adiowson of the Church, wbioh was eonvcyed,

I Irith the Manor, hy his descendant Margaret Assbeton, about tho year 151G, in mar-

r riage to Sir William Booth, (who ub. 1 1th Henry VIII.) and is now possessed by the

[ owner of tho Manor.

Tho prcaeut bbric was portly erected about tho year 1413, and in 1427 tbo Assbe-

tons beramo the patrons, duriug the useful ineumboney of John Hontington U.D. the

pious and muniO<x-ut Warden of Manchcilor. In 1513 the Church was enlarged and

• new Tower cnvted. In 1663 Quoen Mary rttitorod a Chantry, wliieh hod bn.11

I MlpprrssMl by her prcdnvaeor. Tlic north side of the Giuri'h anil Ibe I'uwor were

I Itliuill nbuul IS\H, bat coositlerablc rbunnge win done (o ibo Naro, by an acrldcntal

bibn on (he Slat uf Manih 1821. In IIMO Ihe south mie of (bo Church was rebuilt.

4 i^otftta etstrinwis.

2 Tith Bams abroad, where y* Tyth is brought in by y" neigh-
bours to y™. In y remotest parts they carry their Tytha to y'
own Bama, and y" Rect.[or] fetches y™ after they are threaht out.

Parish 6 m.[iles] long.
CatDny. 1. Towna, 1, and 21 Hamlets, or 19, aa ccrtif.[ied] below, viz.;
Ashton, Audensliaw, Little Moss, Watcrhouses, Woodhouses,
Knott Lanes, Park, Altliill, Altlces, Crosabank, Alte-edgc, Harts-
head, Moseley, Smalshaw, Hurst, Haslcliurst, Lusley, Soueracre,
Hidge Hill and Laues,
%aIW. 5 Halls; the OldHall,^ Herod,' Shepley,^ Sunderland," Taunton."»

tuid tlie whole structure undcment a general and pit^msire ntpHralion, cliicflj Ihrougb
the veil-timed libenilit}' of the lute vencrnble sod HicuUeat patron. In 18U lui Organ
WM prueented to Mie Church, by Edward Brown of Tlie Fire Esq. which cost onv
thousand guinou.

On the latL July 1860, the PBrliBmentaiy Inquisitors stated thai "Asheton-undur-
Ljne hath one Paraonage house. Mr. John Harrinon suppljes the Cure lliert', being
an orthodox, painful, and able Minister; 20 acres of land and curtain tcni'mentH
worth £13. 6s. M. belong to the Church. The said Mr. Harrison was put into the
benefice by the Pariiamcnt; but Sir Ooo. Booth Knt. and Barl. halb fonnorl; pre-
■eoted Miniiterii and Mr. Harrison recciroe the t;the«, being £118. 6«. Sd. per ann.
Wb think a Parish Church should bo built at Altedge, S^ miles from Aahton and 3
miles from Oldham."— Pnr/. Inq, vol. iiL Lambeth MSB.

Hr. Harrison wa« inducted b; a part; of soldiers, who bratallj deatrojed the papers
and library of Dr. Henry Fairfax, the pious, regular, and loyal Sector.— See Walker's
Suffering! of lie Clergg, p. »*4i and Bamshy Oley's Prpfii™ to llprberfs Counliy
Panon, (3rd Bdit. 12mo. 1685;) who calls him, "a regular and sober Fellow of
Trinity Culli^ Cambr. and brother of Feriltnand, Lord Fairfnx." He was the second
HOD of Sir Thomas, aftcrwarda Lord Fairfiii, and married Mary, daughter of Sir Hc>nry
Oboimlcy of Wbitby Abbey. From a letter dated Ashton, Feb. 2, 1632, aildrcsscd to
her husband, then in London, nhe appears to hare been worthy of such a man, Shu
names that "his three boys at Ashton arc well, and that little Hsrrj is weaned.". —
Sue Fairfax Corretp. £ toU. 1848.

There are now tan Chapels dependent upon the Mother Church of Ashton.

' The Old Hall, otherwise Ashton Hall, waa originally the feudal Manerial residence,
and it etill retains marks of extreme antiquity. The round lowers, and square-headed
Lrefoiled archea, are of the time of Edward III, There arc lator buildbgs of the era
of Henry VI. with additions made in the time of Queen Ehzabcth. Il has long ceased
to bo occupied by the owners.

? Heyrod HaU was in the lenuro of Jolui del Hcyrod in 1422. The present house,
containing a centre and two wings of the latter jmrt of the reign of Queeo EUiaboth,

ft

0eanrri> of fHant^tattt. 5

4 Church w.[ar dens,] one chosen by Lord Warring, [ton,] one by
[the] Rcct.[or, and] 2 by [the] Par. [ishioners.]

K^ School, but a houBC allowed hy L'^ Warrbigtou to teach in, jtc^oal.

3@3B w^'' he may take away." Tlie old house and ground it stood
upon was given for ever liy [the] pre8.[cnt] E.[ar]] of Warrington.
TIic School was pulled down, and rebuilt at y" charge of y" Par, [ish.]
Master uamed by h-^ Wai-riugtou and Iteetour,

^g eft by Dame Eliz"' Booth.'^50«i'p.[er] an.[num,] to be laid Cfiarilte*.
^^% out in bread weekly to 12 poor persons. [The] Money [is] in
the hands of [the] Mayor and Aldermen of Chester.

By Mrs, Heywood, about 1G91, 15', [the] Int.[erest] to [be given
to the] oldest and poorest people.

By Mra.[Priscilla] Pickford, [by Will dated loth June,] an. [no]

mu probnblj built' bj Miles Aeehelon Ount. vrlia liced here in 1600. It irat sboHlj
■fUtrwsrdf in the posBPSsion of John Diu^ktmfietd of DucketiGeld Esq, uid woe licld by
ir CliaB. Duckpntiold Bort. in 1760. It is now tho proper^ of Bnlph Oiui^ Esq.
' Sbepio; UoD wu convened in numnge in the time of Henr; VI. b; Jsne, daugk-
ler and hnrcaa of Pdcr do Bbpplo]', to OvoltWy, third son of Sir Tlionuu de Aseliet«n
of Aetholon Knl. and was sold in 1713, bj bis doaccndnnt, Bamuol Asihrlon of Shep-
fcy Gent, and Elizabeth his wife, (danglitor of the Bbt. Thomas Ellison M.A. Boctor
of AshloD,) to JobD 8hqik-y of Stockport, a wealthy grocer. A haudaome modem
house has supn-Bcdi-d the anoient hall.
' Sunderlnnd UsU has disappeared.

" Tawtiton or Tongton HbU waa thr roaidenue of Thomsa dc Cleydon, in the *year
1899, (a bmnrb of the Cli^dona of Chiydon Uall, in the Parish of ManchrstiT,) and
continued in the pogsewion of his msle de»oeudant« until the Zlst Eliniboth, when the
' direct line (ailed on the death uf Kobert Cli^don Oent. and his daughters Jiridgc-t,
Alieo, Cocilift, and Margaret were found his coheiresses, and succeeded to lands at
dejdon, Tongton, Middlewood, and Manchester, Bridget died unmarried, in lEiSl;
he next ecmtury, Taimton Hall was the property and rcaidenoe of John Cluul-
I wick Oent. eldest son of the Iter. John Chadwiek M.A. Rector of Stondish.

" The Sehool-house built in 1731 near the Parish Church, Mid commonlj calkid the
Church Buhoot, woa rebuilt in 1B27 by the porishioners. Thi' original beuefBclor wm
[ Ooorgo Booth, second Earl of Wnrriugtoo, born in 167S, and died in 1768. His to]e
I dlild and heiress Mary, marciod in 1736 Heury, Kurl of Stamford.

~ For some account of Loily Booth and her Charitie*, see GostrcU's Ngtitia Ceilr.
i. p. SOU, Xulr. This benefaction was settled by Deed 4lh Jon. 17th Jac,

Kot(tia Cntrinwto.

1720, 20', [the] Interest to [be given to] the Poor on Christmas
Dav.

' fees, 15' 06».08^,

[ ®i.2r®N fix 1« !«««»,' certif.[ied] 36'.02".0OJ,
viz. Vie, [arage] house and Glebe, 10'; Pens, [ion] from
the lleetory, (reserved by Charter,) IQ^; Chief Rents

\\ paid by sev.[eral] Inhab. [itants,] 15'-4''; Siirp.[lice]

I DelUl^Bled to St, Pelor. Value in 1834, e*64. BegUten! begin in 1587.

William the Conqueror granted the Manor of Bolton lo Roger, Earl of I'oid ien, hu(
it niu aborllj iiftcrwsrds coufliicslcil, and thereupon tnuiffemyl lo Kogor iIc Menwhpin,
who Bold it in the rcign of King Stpphen to Banulpli, Ear) of ChentiT. At liis dmtb,
b the leth Heniy III. (1231,) it patted with Agnee hig nator and cuheircas, to WiUiom
do FcrrarB, «iith EnrI of Durbj, and in the 50th lleiiry III, on the nttiinder of Robert
do FerrcM, the eiglilli Earl, it wot granlod to Edmund Crouchbacli, Earl of Lonoiister.
In the 45lh Edward III. (1371.) tbo Manor wa« in the pomession of William di- Fer-
rer* of Orob^, and Margaret hiii wife, daughl«r of Ilonr; de Perey and relict of Robert
■on of Gilburt do UmfraTill, Earl of Augiu. From tbia famil; it appears to bavu
descended to Ihc norringtooa of Hornby Coitlo, for on tbe attainder of Sir Jamea
HarringtoD, in tbo reign of Henry Til. it waa granted to Iho Stanleys, and n as held
18th Henry VIII. by Thomaa, Earl of Derby, of the King. It ia now held by seporoto
Lordf, tbe Earia of IX-rbj and Bradford caeh bulding utie fourth part,

Tbe Manor of Littlu Bolton waa in Ihe poBseaiioii of Rielmrd do Bolton in the time
of Edward 111. and in tbo 2Dtb Henry VUl. Roger de Bolton waa aeised of thi> anmo,
and it appeora to have remained in bia descendanta until tbo 17th oentury. It mu
acllled by Diomaa Uarailcn of Bolton Oenl. on bia wife Sarab, daughter of William
Oroxton E>q. in 1700, and waa lold aa dtroded by his will lo John Mosa of Manehcstcr
woollen draper, in 1716. This Jobn Moaa, by his will dated 14tb April 172!), dcrised
the Manor to hia eldest aon, John, (except tbo Tithoa of Com in Littlo Bolton and
Tonge, whieh bo thereby gave in Truat for the Miniator of the Chapel (of All Saints)
in Little Bolton, for the time being for orcr,) who settled tbo »me id 1733 on bis
wilii, Mary Bower. The iasoe of tbia marriage waa one aon, Junes Mosa, who in n&l
•ettlcd the Manor on hia wife Appylino, daughter of Jamoa Uayley of ManeheBter £bi|.
Dying inteatatc and without isane, Mr. Moai'a eatatoa dcoccnded to bia couain-german
and beir at law, Jobn Qortaide of Manchester Eaq. Mr. Gartaido married Catherine,
daugbti^r of Pliilip Howard of Corby Coalle in Ilic eounly uf Cumbrrhiud Baij,, luid by
inilDiiliin-dBli-d IStb May 1777, aetlted <»■ lier n joiulurr M-ciu^'il .iu this Manor. By
will tlnlvd 7lh July 1»17, {proied al Cheeler lOlh tit-pleuiU-r IBIT,) ht' dcvisi>d Ihia

JJeantxn of |nnnrt)c»trr. 7

Patron aiid Iinprop.[riator,] B.[ishop] of Chester.

This was a Prebend annexed to y" Arch, [deaconry] of Chester,

[ Manor and other I'slotCB to hk □uplii.'W, Thomaa Tipping Eaq. nlio by Ilia will dulctl
2d October l^U, settled the eame on Tnutoua for tUe use of bin bod Edmund Joseph
Tipping of Davonport Hall in the pountj of Chester Kaij. the present maaerial Owner.

The Church of Bolton-lc-Moors docs not occur in the Talor of Pope Nichula* in
12tPl, and its omiasion ma; probablj be accounted for, not on tbc groond of being
coiuitituted a Parish at a more roeent date, (Boinos's Hulory of ZoimuAire, toL ii. p.
I Hi,} but ru being annexed to the Amhdeaconr; of Cheater. Tbe arehitecturc of the
present Chnivb is Ute Tudor. On the north of the Chaneel is a Chapel formerly
belonging to the OrroUs of Turlon, and at a later period to the Chethanw, On the
tnnlVi of the Ctiancel is another Cliapel belonging to the reprosentativoe of the liuiiilj
of Bridgoman, and fornierlj to the Lorers.

There are now seretiteen Chupols in this Parish, most of thum of recent foundnlion.

lu 1650, the Parliamentai; Inquisitors state that " Bolton hath a Parish Cbureh,
nuuuioD house, glebe land, and six cottages worth £3 per annum, in the possession of
Mr. John Harper and M>. Eich' Qoodwyn the present Incomb" bj and with the elec-
tion and consent of all or most of the parishioners in j' s'' Polish, ond thcj are men of
able parts and godlj preaching Ministers, and eonstantl; teach on the Lord's Daj and
Lecture Days ; hut did not observe the last Fast Day app' by Act of Pari'- They
doc ToceiTD the proDti of the mansion house and cottages, and £9 &om the agents of
Scquostr" on the delinquont^ of Christ' Andorton of Lostock Esq. farmer of the said
Rectory of Bolton : the residue of their salary is by free oontrib" of tbe Cangrcg° of
Bolton. There are two closes of land in the possess" of Mr. Thos. Lever, who bath a
DODtraot Jrom the said Mr. Anderton for £1 years, oommcneing May 1632, of the yearly
rentof 13s. 4d. worth in possess" £8 per ann.i and other leases are named. SirOrUndo
Bridgeman pays lSd.a jear for a ChaneeU in Bolton Churoh. Some lands were given
i^ Mr. Oooscnargh [Oosnall] late Minister of Bolton, to tbe s' towne towards the
maintonaneo of a constant Leclurcr at Bolton, of the jnirly rent of 26s. on uertain
(■onditiinu, whereupon a Suit is now dupending in the Hon. Conrt of Outohy Chamber
all Westminsler." — Pari. Ittguit. token 19th June 1660, at Manehest«r, beToro Tlio-
mos Whitehead of Bury Ount. Qcorgo Chetham of Tnrtou Gent. Bichard Meadowcroft
of BrightnH-t Clent. Thomas Smith of BadeliBTc Oent. and others. — £<MnA. MSS. vol.
ii. In 1649 the Inquisitors had stated that there were "two honest ministers" at
Bolton, who had order from the Committee of Flondered Minister* for £1U0 a year
out of the Beetory and Bishop's rent of Bolton, and the same out of the Bishop's rent
in Childwnll. There were only two townships in tbe pariah that paid titbv in kind —
one moiely of Orcot Bolton for Tiilie Com and Hay, catiiOBted at £10 per annum, and
" Bhiekwood," [Bkekrod] ostimalcO at £30 a yuar. £12. 13b. ■kl. a year was paid
onl of the other Townships and HMnlets. For Oblation money, every man and his
wife 2d. every widow Id. overy eonununicunt fl Altarage at a marriage, if ibc
woman be of the Parish, 8d. A Church dole id. Burial Id. " Wo find in Mr. An-

8 jlotitin CcHninwiB.

V. [klc] Char. [Itrr] of Dotat. [ion.] It was annexed by Rog. [dc
WeaehamJ H.[iahop] of Litclif. [ield,] who came in aii.[no] 1245;

derton'e Book a copj of which [what] things were takon by Mr. Hiirpfr, Vicar of
Bolton," (who id not included iu Bainog's cul.uloguc of Iho Vicars.) Jnmea Audertou
Esq, h; teue dalod 17th August 4Siid Eliiabsth, coreoants that Peter Brooke eluUl
enjoj hia teneimmt of the Glebe trom IbE May 1599 for Iwmitj-OQe jea™, and ulso
with Christopber Lorgworth and Robert Norrifl, that thpy shall h«e the tern'mcnl.
late in Iho oeoupntion of George Lon[{worth for the same term. A Vicaruge bouse
belonging to the Rector is not worth 40a. a joar. — Pari. Jag. £anii, Lihr. vol. lii.

El-Ion, iu 17^2, records, ex relatione Beverendi Dorloru Brag, (see yalilia Cettr.
vol. L p. 344, Note 8,) that Bolton was ondowed with a leaee of the Great Tithes by
the Lord Keeper Bridgeman.

Id a letter to Bishop Qastrell, dated Hicdley, Apnl 28th 1721, solicitmg the Vicar-
age ot Bolton, then taomt, the Eev. 8anmel Lever (Kertor of Claugbton 170O— 1711)
says, "My father, who died in 1691, was Mr. Haddon's tnunediatc prodeccssor, in
whose time the Glebe was not given to tho Vicar, ae fince it has been, yet, my Lord,
he eipended above £800 in bmlding y° Vicarage House, and besides wae nt the charge
of an unfortunate Law Suit with a part of the Parish for ibe Becorery of Tj'thee,
wherein a corrupt Jury gore a Venliot agniust him, w", as many yet can romcmbor,
aahloiiisht y* whole Court besides. When my Father dyed none of hi» children were
capable of succeeding him, otherwise, as I Imic been told, the lato Sir John Bridgcouui
wo' have had regard to y". As for mysolfi (inay it please your Lordship,) 1 took mj
Master of Arts BegNw at BraMnoso in Oxford in the ye«r 1699, and ever sinoe have
been cmploj'd in the Ministry: ajid though I have never been idle 1 can truly say I
nwer had a pUee (hat was worth £40 per auo. I have had 14 ChiUren, 10 of which
w"' their Mother (I thank God) are living." — Zianc, MSS. Jul. Letter; pen^ tae.
The cast window in the Chanoel of the Parish Church of Bolton-le-Moors was inser-
ted A.D. 1846, at the expense of tho Vicar, the Eov Jaroos Shule M.A. and of the
&nulice of Boiling and Oarliht with which ho is allied. It is an obituary window, re-
cording the decease of several members of the three families. It is an ciactyhi.- tiaiile
of the deooralcd window in the north Trajisept of Witney Church in Oifordshiro;
consisting of seven lights, and divided in the upper portion into many amall compart-
ments. It is Slled with very besntiful stained glass, by W'ailiM of Kcnuaatle, after a
design by the Vipar. In the centre light is our Lord holding a croxier, with His
emblem below of the lamb and banner. On His left hand are St. Matthew aud St.
Murk: on His right, St. John and at. Luke) on the extreme left is St. Paul, and on
the eitrome right is St. Peler, the Patron Saint of the Church. All the Apostles have
their appropriate emblems below, and are surmounted with rich canopies ; and ho'
tween the emblems and the figures are the various imcriptious. The uppi-r part is
QUed with groups representing the Annimciation, the Adoration, the Crucifliion, the
Sepulture, the Resurrection, and the Ascension, interspersed with Angck.

A new font of Caen stone was presented iu 1S4S by Matthew Dawes Esq. F.Q.S. of

k

meaners of ftnant^tsttx. 9

[resigned the See in 1256, and died in 1257 ;] confirm.[ed] by his
success, [or, Roger de Lougcspe,] after y* deatlf of y* Incumbent-
MS. St.

An.[no] 1503, Prior and Convent of Marresley in Yorkshire,
presented to Boulton. Insi-litution] B.[ooh'] I. p, 1. Qu,[ery,]
wh. [ether] this Bolton? a

An.fno] 1623, one Dickinson admitted ad Leeturum* in Eccles.

Bolton, u ut obituBTj remembniDce of Us father and mother. It is octagonnE, and
aoiflnicntlj Urgu for immeraion. The design is from the anl.ieot font of Ofct in Cam-
bridgeshire, Hxcept the pnneU on the basin, nbioh, instead of containing a plain shieid
on each face, haie pcrpendicuLu' tracery on the allemaM «idea, and shields within cusps
(taken from Sir John Speki-'s Chantrji in Eicl«r CsthedraJ) on (hose panels facing
the cardinal poinU. These [alter aro charged with a plain cross surmoiuitod at the
interBCCtion bj the letters S % C on the cast side, bj the double triangle on ths west,
b; two keys in saltire od the north, and on the south by the arms of Dawes, (or, on
B bend engrailed, between six battle-aios erect, aiuro, three swans with wings eleratal,
argent.) The mouldings between the basin and the shaft contain in beautiful black
letter type the followiug insrription : —

" To the glory of God, and in memory of Matthew Corr Dawes, who deceased 2Ttll
October 1827, and of Eliiabeth his wife, who deoeased 23rd October 1835. Matthew
Dawes of Bolton, eldest son of the aboie Matthew Corr and Elizabeth, dedicaltis this
font, 184fi. Ea Diem at temt." The cover is of oak, of an ogee outline, the panels
pierced with perpaadicnlar tracery, and (he ribs erotketed and terminating in a finial.
It is altogether an eiceUimt piece of workmanship, reflecting great credit on Mr.
Thomas, the sculptor.

There is also a piece of sculpture by Cbantrej on the wall of the north Aisle, fanng a

likene«s of the hite John Taylor Ksq. of Bradford House near Bolton, who died in 1824.

In the Chancel are several old stalls of good workmanship, in some of them the scats

turn up as tsurrerej, and nndemeatb one is the Derby crest of the Eagle and Child,

and another has an Acorn the crest of the Bartons of Bmithills.

' Mr. Prescott of Chester, the Deputy Registrar, an antiquary, and friend of Dr.
Leigh, the author of the Nalirai Hiidors of LaneaiUre, (see p. 1«8, and h. iil p. 20,)
writing to Bishop Oastrell then at Christ Church, Oion. 9th NoTember 1717, says, " I
belieic most of the Parishes, eieept some great ones, and a few Chapelrjs, haye giren
in the numbers of the scyeral families of Churchmen and al] Dissenters, and 1 hope your
Lordship will be pleased with the majori^." — Oastrell's MSS. Reg. Chttlnr.

■ This probably refers to the Priory of Marrick and to the Church of Bolton upon
Swale, both in the North Riding of Yorkshire. — Sub Dugdale's ifoa. roL i. p. 486,
and Whitakor's Eithm. toI. i. pp. 46, 220.

* This Lecture was founded by the Ber. James Qoinell (See KoHtia Cetbriam*, rol.
L p. 10, Note) Vicar of Bolton, (omitted in Baioei'i Oatah>guc of the Tioar*.) Mr
VOL, It] C

10 ^otftfa eesttitxaia.

dc Bolton-in-le -Moors. B.[Wiop] Bridg.leman's] Subsc.\riptian\
B-look,} f. 21.

GtosnoU'e will is dst«d the 9tb of Janusrj 1G22, in wMcli he deecribes Mmeelf s«, "by
the gracious goodness of God, n Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, hsTuig uicr-
cised mj sud MiiuBtene abova forty years in Bolton in the Moora to Qod^s glory and
the comfort of my conscience, being now somewhat disHued in body;" and furlhtr on
he oddi, "touching my Ministry I doe giro all the People of Qod to understand that
I have deliTBTOd nOB doctrino bnt such as in my conscience I took to bee agreeable to
God's most BBcred Word, k I protest before Ood and men that I am verily persuaded
the BcligioD now ostab' in Ihia Kiagdome to be, eonceming the substancR of the Arti-
cles, of the doctrine of Faith and Sacraments, the only true Bcligion of Qod by nhich
men shall be tared, aod for the matter of formality I protest aa beforu God that the
nuiine cause of my not yielding is and hath bceno for that X (hink the things urged to
have beene in themselves dimply unlawful! and incoTtveuient .... my fnneralfl shall
be only a Brinliing, not above the expenses of Ave marks for such as aocompany my
Corps to the boriaL" He gives legacies to his brother John Gosnell, his sister Judith
Powell; and to AJice Dioldnson alias Bogerson, and to John Nnttall her brother, and
Dorothy and Jane Nuttall her sblers, children of Ashton Nuttall, who are the principal
legatees; his watch to his "steed grandson," Francis NnMall, and a two and twenty shil-
lings piece to Mary his wifci to Mr. John Langley, "my bnstc gowne;" to Mr. Jamea
langli-y his brother, "my second gowne and grogram suite;" to Mr. Sandnrson, VioBT
of Bolton, (see Notilia Cetlr. toL i. p. 10, Sole) "my p'cher's gowne lyned with
bmbo, ft my foure books of Bellannyne's worksi" to "Mr. Horrocks my stuff cloke, k.
to Mrs. Rathhande my mourning cloke." He mentions haring lately purchased lands of
Hichard Fogg of Darcy Lever, situate in Saldereton, which he conveys to his "well-
beloved James Lever of Dart^ Lever, Richard Fogg, John Brodshsw, and Ellis
Cromplon Gents, of the same, James Cromptou of Breightmett Gent, and John
Norris of Bolton, draper, and their heirs and assigns," in trust, to divide the rents
into sii parts, and to pay annually four of the same to a PrHacher, distinct from the
Vicar of Bolton, to preach in the Parish Church upon every Lord's day and Monday,
towards his yearly stipend of £30; and the first part of the said eii parts ho gave to
the Poor of Bolton, Doroy Lever, and Little Lever; and the other siith part he gave
to the Master and Usher for the lime being of Bolton School. He appointed for hii
eietmtora his "Christian friends Thomas Howarth of RoclilTe, and George Smith of
Aynsworth." He appears to hare been a wealthy man, and is erroneously called
James QoswcU in Brook's £<*iK< of tha Puritaiu, vol. iil p. 509, Addeitda, in wMeb
there is an extract Irom a letlflr of bis dated Bolton about 1584, from Baker's M8.
Coliecliopt, vol xxiii. pp. iS6-'7. He says, "here are great stores of Jesuits, Sumi-
nariea, Masses, and plenty of whoredom. The first sort our Sheriff (Edmund Trafford
Esq.) coursetb pretty welL" It will be noted that the Roman Catholic Families of
the Parish were only fort^-three in the time of Bishop Gostrell, so that the ' cours-
ing,' or rather, it may be hopod, a better system, had succeeded b reducing the
number.

JStstttvs of jnancficfltcr.

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One Mr. Holm* gave 20" p. [er] an. [uum] to a Lectiircr to preach
[on the] Sund,[ay] afternoon and Fryd. [ay] before [the] Sacr.[a-
ment.]

An. [no] 1662j Faculty to Vic.[ar] of Bolton to execute the
office of a Preacher on y* usuall dayes appointed for Lectures in that
Church. Reg.{ister] B.[^ook,] 3. [Tlje Clerk is choaen accord-
ing to the 91st Canon, and his salary is 9' per annum, besides
Chnrch dues. Vicar MorraVs Return^

An. [no] 1673, 4 Wardens, 1 assist, [ant] for Bolton, besides
Chap, [els.]

Six Churchw. [ardens] for y" 6 Towns, viz. Great Bolton, Har- CntotK.
wood, Turton, Edgworth, Eivington, Blackrod; to the election of
each person [the] consent of y* Vicar is required. Certif. [ierf]
an. [no] 1724.

* TbiB braefnctor was Willinm Hulme of Enlino imd Kearslej Esq. the Folmder of
the Hulmeiiui Exhibitions at Bnuenono College Oiford, who, bj' indenture dated 8th
August 1691, coTonanted with Williun, Earl of Derby, Sir John Bridgenuui Bart,
Thomas Lcrer Gnq. and B«ger Thropp Oont. at that time the joict Manerial owoen,
to improTe uight acrc« of land, part of Solton Moor, and legallj settle the aame bo
that the reata might bo employed for the maintenawo of a Lecturer or Preaching
Uinialcr of the Ooepvl, ronfomiible to the Church of Eagland, and dulj licensed in the
Parish Church of Bolton upon Sundays and euoh Feptivala and Futing Daje or othar
times as tbe said William Hulmo should direct, and the Lords of the Manor conTi>}red
the eommoD land on Ihia condition. By indenture dated 2nd January 1790, and made
between James Taylor of Sharpies Yeoman, heir-at-law of the said William Hulme, and
Lord Grey de Wilton and seren other persons, after reciting so much of the will of
Jame* CkunoU aa rolalea to the Lectureship, and also reciting the indenture of 8th
Angust 1091, and that Mr Hulme had improied the eight acres of land, but (dying
very shortly afterwards) had not settled the same for the uses aforonamcd, and that
the land* were then Tested in the said James Tajlor, he the said Taylor conveyed them
to l-ord Qr^ de Willon and othere, and tbcir heirs and assigns for ever, upon trust, to
pay the rents to a lieensed Lecturer in Bolton Church, conformable to the Church of
England, to read prayers orery morning in the week before every Sacrament day, with
a Lecture on the Friday in every such week, or upon every Lord's Day and Monday in
the y«iT, as mentioned in Mr. Gosnell's will, to that the tuo charitable donation!
might go together. L<«k. JliSS.

The Charity CommisBioncrs do not aatice Mr. Hulme in connection with the Bolton
Lectoreahip, and the information aBbrded to the Commissioners in this resped, apprara
to have been very imperfect, as the rental of (he eight acres of land forms the most
important portion of the Lecturer's iiiirome.

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0Mitia et%tcitn»ia.

By Covenant in [a] Lease made by S' 3. Bridgman, an.[no] 1698,
[the] Vicar is to enjoy all y" profits of y= Rect.[ory,] except SO"
p,[er] an, [num] to be paid to Wigland* School, provided he be
nominated by S' J.[ohu] Bridgman or his heirs, otherwise y* pro-
fits to goe to some other person soe nom. [inated] to officiate in y*
Church. T.[ide] Lease.

Par.[ish] 30 in.[iles] in circumference, besides Elackrode, W^
joins to no part of it.
SiBlU. Haulgh Hall,^ Little Bolton,^ Hall of [the] Wood.a Entwistle,'"
Lostock Hall," Darcy Lever.'*

* Probablj a mutake for Wlgan, aa the faimlj hod no propertj at Wiglaiid iu thu
panih of MalpM.

J Hsnlgh Usll IB tliB properly of the Earl of Brulford, inherited from hia ai]r«Btor«,
the Bridgemaiis, wbo oblained it bj purtluuie iu tbs reign of Jamus I. It wbh settled,
with other LamcMhiro proportj, upon EliMbctb, daugbtfw of the Rev. John Simpson
M.A. on bar marria^ with Eeorj, son and heir apparent of Sir Orlando BHilgemsn,
bj indenture dated Sd Jul; 1755. In 1821 a barrow was opened here couluuiug two
Xiit-Taena, ui um of red earth, a number of mouldering bones, itud a bronte Bpear
bead.

' Little Bolton Hall, a wood, plaster, and brick honse, ia aappoBsd to occupj the
■ito of the ancient Manor Hoiuo of the Boltona. In the jear 1600 it was the Beat of
Bichanl Bolton Esq. and now belongs to Hr. Tipping.

' Hall-i'-th'-Wood is a large, and inlCTcsting wuod and pla«tor atmoture, partlj
modemited. The Porch waa added in 1616, by Alexander Norris Ociit. whose an-
cealora reiided here in 1650. The ostale, consisting of upwards of 17G1 acres, passed
in marriage with Uargaret, daughter of Alexander Norns Qent. to John Starkie of
Huntrojd Esq. in the aetenteonth eenlurj, and is now poiaeased b; bis descendant,
Lo Oendre P. StarkieEaq. Tbeiituation of the bouse iiexlremelj'picture«qun, and tba
proepect bold and pleasing. There are tibwb of it in E-ibj'a Tradilioiu of LaiKotkin
and in Baines's History of the County. The bouse was the residence of Samuel
Crompton, who, in 1779, invented a meehanical engine called the Mule, being a com-
bination of two machines used in the manufacturu of Collun. In 1812 Parliament
granted him £5,000 for bis invention ; and in 1842 his children received £200 from
the Hojal Bounty Fund.

"> Entwisle Hull wee long the seat of a knightly family of the same name, wliich
occurs aa early as the time of King Jobu. William de Radeliffc gave two bovatea
of land in Entwiale to Robert de Enlwisle in marriage witb hi* daughter, iu flic time
of Henry III. — Tetta de NmlT. In the l*th Uenry VI. John Eotwislo held the
Manor of Entniile of the Hospital of St, John of Jerusahun at a rent of 12d, a year.
Of this bouse was Sir Beriine Entwisle, Viscount and Baron of Briobee ta Nor-

Scanrrs of jnanrticfiur. 13

^M[ SbtifOOU^OUnt, 24 yards long and 7 broad, built upon part of £d)aal.
^Si y" Glebe belong, [ing] to y" Rec.[tor] {for which 5' p-[er]
au.[iium] is paid), encompassed w^ a. yard, walled round, contain-
[ing] about 60 perch, [es.] It was built w'i' part of 600' left by
Kob. Iiever,'3 who died an. [no] 1644.

mandj, one of tbe heroes of A^ncaurt, uid who fell at the bailie of St. Albtuu in
1*55, being, no doubt, a "gontleman of blood and quality." Camden «pMlt» of
"Entwisael hariiig had coble propriuturs of its own Dame." The £unil; ia no" re-
pt««ent«d bj J. 8. Entwisle of Foiholes Esq.

" Lostock Hall woe bnilt bj Christopher Anderton Esq. in the reign of Queen
Elizabeth, as appears b; the royal arms and the date 1590 yet retnainicg. Much of

tbc bouae luu diiappeared. Laurenco Anderton, third eon of Anderton of

Anderton Eaq. settled here in the fifteenth ceDtury, and hia deecendonts remained in
posBCuion of the estate until ita conflacation bj 3ir Francis Anderton, the eixtb and
lut Baronet, in the year 1745, Sir Fronds Anderton di«d iaeueleas in 1760. It after-
words became the property of hia kinsman, Mr. Blundell of Ince Blundell, by purchase.
Loslock naa only a reputed Manor, do rights having been eicrcised; and u power
woa reserved by on Act of Parlinment, obtained 47 Oeorge III. by Henry Blundell
Esq. the Bonouruble Edward Ferceral, and others, proprietora of the Township of
Lostock, that in caac any person should claim the Lordabip or repul^d Lordship, and
establish hia t^im, hia monerial rights should be reserved.

" Dorcy Lever Hall tvas the residence of John Bradshaw Oent. in the latter port of
the reign of Queen Elizabi^th; and hia grondaan, John firodahaw Eaq. who diod May
lat 1662, left it bia death, by his first wife, Alice, daughter of Mr. Robert Lever of Darcy
Lever, aaon James, DEt. 63 in 1664, whose great grandson, John Bradahaw Esq. baptii«d
at the Collegiate Chureb in Manchester ISth August 170S, Sheriff of Lancaahire in 1753,
married KliiabeCh, third daughter of Samuel Peploo D.D. Bisliop of Chester, and dying
in I777i WBS sucowded by his sun James Bradshaw Esq. who by his second wife Jane,
eldest daughter of Edward Qrcavee of Culchetb, had issue John Bradshaw Esq. bom
June 30th 1782, and who died at Bath 19th January 1816, Icscing issue by his wife,
Charlotte Mary Smith (marriage covenant doled 34th and 25lh February 1809) James
Edward Bradahaw of iLington Magna n«r Shofteabury, and of Mnnihall in the county
of Dorset Esq. and John Bradahaw of Vicar'a Hill House ucar Lyminjjton in the
county of Southampton Esq.; the latter aflerwards asaumvd the surname of Qreoves.
Mr. Bndabaw is the owner of Darcy Iievor Hall.

" Robert Lever OonC. was a citizen and clothier of London, and by will dated the
16th of March 161), deviaed certain lands iu Harwood to hia brothers William and
John Lever, they allowing £350 for the same, othcrvrise to sell the said lands, and
the money raised by the sale, together with £250 more, to bo diaposed of for mointsin-
ing a Free School or a Chapel, tis his eieeutors should think best. The eieculors built
and endowed s School at Bollon. In 1655 the brothers of the leatator were dead;

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iSotitia ermtrfrnsia.

[The] Revenuea of the School are 24J p. [er] an. [mini] upon
houses in Manchester; 14' p.[er] aii.[iium] on land in Harwood;
101 -8'. 4'' on land in Balderston; 31.4' [for] land and 2' [for a]
ten.[ement] in Little Leverj Ii.l3'-4'l [for] laud in Tockholes; 4
cottages, 2»-8'', a'-eii, 2», 1». Int.[erest] of 100' in mortgage upon
houses, 5'; of 40' upon bond, 2i. In all, 62M3»-10J given by
div.[crs] persons at diSercnt times.

[The] Feoffees nom, [ioatc the] Master. Writings are kept in
an Iron Chest in y" Viearidge. v.[ide] Nom.[inalion] an.[>io] 1689,
Pap. Reg.

t. ^^& "[ito] 22 Jac. 1. Inquis. [ition] about money given tow.[ards]
^S a Free School, or [for the] Poor iu this place. MS. Hubn.
98. A. 16. 38.

nnd WiUiwn Lerer of Eenall Oeiit. soo and hoir of WiUiain Lever of Kcrsoll Gent,
tlio lost aurriTing brother of the tostalor, in 1658 convtypd tha landa in Harwood lo
Gvorge ChBtham Eaq. and othera, for the purposes mmtioaed in tho Kill of Robert
Lover. In 1622 the "Ret. James Qoencll gave onc-aiith part of his landa in Balder-
ston to the Master of the School of BoltoDi and other benefactions belonged to tlu's
School prior to Lever's death. In 17BT the Goremon of the School were inuorpo-
rnted bj Act of Parliament, and in IB8T tho whole income of the School amoimted to
aboat £186 a jear.

Of the same finnilj were Thomas Lever M.A. a learned eontroversinliit and nriter,
who was bom at Little Lever, and died in 1577 Miuter of Sherbum HospiLal near
Ihirluuu; and also his brother Ralph Lover M.A. Archdeaeon of Northumberland,
MutCT of Sherbum Hospital, Canon of Durham, and Dean of that Cathedral.

" Bev. Richard Goodwin M.A. of Harwood, bj will dated the 27th of August 168-1,
gave £S a year, out of his estate of inheritance in Hanood, "to be bestowed upon the
poor, sick, or needj well-carried diligent familcs, not common beggars, by IDs. a piece,
as opportlmilj should be alTordodi" but it was not stated where the same should bo
btsttowcd, and by an arrangement made in 1729 £50 was paid bj the owner of tho es-
tate to the inhabitants of Harwood, and £50 to the inhabitania of Bolton, and aceeplpd
in lieu of the annuitj. Nothing has been paid to the poor since 1732. Mr. Goodwin,
whilst Hinister of Cocke; Chapel, was married there on the 3rd of August ICll, to
Sarah, daughter of Hr. James Crompton of Brightmet. This poritanical allianco
connected hi"" with several celebrated Nonconformist fiuniiies. Of his wife's sis-
tPTS, Alice married Mr. Robert Gregg, afterwards Vicar of Boltonj Abigail married
Mr. Oliver Hefwoodj and Mary married Mr. John Okey, whose sijigularlj-inacribed
grave-stone, in Bolton church-yard, is well Itnowu. Mr. Goodwin became Vicar of
Bolton ill 1S12, wb« ejected in 1662, and died iu 1685, set. 72.

Qranrrr of fiAim^tnttr. 15

Left by Mr. [Thos.] Marsdcii ISC' for clothing and teaching
poor boyes to read, [in 171+] ; Mr. [John] Guest GO", [the] Int.
[erest] for Shirts and Shifts [to be given to] the poor ; Mr. Good-
win,'* [the] Vicar, 5', [the] Int. [erest to be given] to poor House-
keepers ; Mrs. Blackburn Iff, her relations to be considered in y*
distribution ; Tho. Lever Sff ; Mrs. Cbetham 20' tow. [ards] build-
ing a Gallery for [the] benefit of y" Vicar; R. Roscoe Iff ; W^
these last mims, ab» an.[uo] 1714, were enclosed and improved 12
Lancashire Acres off y" Moor, set at 1& p.[er] an.[nuni.] [The]
remainder ofy" E<nt, after [the] Int. [erest] of y* sev. [era]] sums
[is] paid, goes to augment 3:" Charity School. Given by Mr.
Marsh -lO p.[er] an.[num] for Shirt -cloth ; Mr. Mort 41 p.[er]
an.[nuni] out of Tyths in Legb Parish, to y* Poor; Lau. Brown-
low a Mess.[uage] in Tonge and 40', in 1630; Ellis Crompton, of
Hacking, W.

^g laenuea©.' certif.[ied] 211- etfjap.uat.

!^^00>-7i'', \-iz.; [a] Stipend from y» ttotonji. 1.
Crown 4^-4^.11^; [the] Int.[erest] of 326'- 10* -0^, being the whole
Chap.[el] stock, Iff-fr-ed. The old stock, [the] donoura [of

' Dedicated lo Si. Katherine. Value in 1834 £90. Kt^bters begin in 1607.

In the Ont jear of King John, Hugh le Norria, oiled in the Ttita dt XeviiC, Hugh
de Blalerode, obtuaed s charter for a camcste of land in Blat'kroadcj and about (he
6th Edwurd II. Sir William Sradshaigh U.P. oblaincd the Manor in man-ingD with
Habel, daugUtor and coheiress of Sir Hugh Norm. Alter some mesne descunta and
■lienationi, it again pasaed to tho Bradehaiglu, and is now in the posseBBion of their
representatiFe, the Earl of Crawford and Balcorres.

The Cliapcl vb« built in the fiHoenth cenlmy, by Thonuu Houghton nnd Edward
Korris Eaqra, the joint brda of the Manor. It seas rebuilt in 1766 bj funds raised
by a Brii^f.

In 1650 the Pari. laq. reported, that "BUckrodc Chapel iyes in a comer of tho Hun-
dred of Salford, and is fit to be made a Psrish Church. Mr. Gerard Browne oflioiatc«, a
punTiiU, godly, orthodox MijualtT, and a man of pious life and eonTorsation," who had
been appointed bj the 3nd ClnBBis, Mr. Hilton, an unordaiocd person, having been de-
cQon^d insufBcient and unworthy, and his baptisms pronounced nuU.^Wnlker'B Sitf-
feringi of the Clayg, p. 41. "£i per annum is paid by tho Roceifor att the Aoditt,
and a donative of 6a. being j* interest of £10 per ann. given by Ricbd. Turner of
Hangb, deixL in the handa of Geo. l^ylor of Blaokrod^ who hath given leourit; for

16

itotftfa ffrstrtcneui.

which are] not known, was 90'. Given by Edw. Holt of Wigan
1501; H. Norris of Adlington 40' &C.

jVii.[no] 1542, [a] person [was] Instituted to y= Chaatry of y"
Blessed Catherine of Blacl^road. Inst.{ilulion] B{ook] ^.p. 12.

1 Warden, an, [no] 1673. [The Churchwarden here for Bolton,
serves likciviae for thia Church, 1722,]

An ancient Chappel, long since endowed w"" 12' p.[er]
an.[nuin] ; [the] Vic. [ar] of Bolton and Inhab. [itants] contrib.
[lite] 9' p.[er] an, [nam] more. Warden Wroe's Ace'- 1706.
Pap. Reg.

Thia Chappelry is 7 or 8 miles in circuit ; [the] Chap', [ia] 6
ni.[iles] irom Bolton, [and] 2 m.[iles] &om Rivington.

An anc.[icnt] seat called Park Hall.

^3W Jfrcc Gram, [mar] School [was] erected by [the] Trustees of
^S John Hobnes, [Citizen and "Weaver of London] who an. [no]
1568, gave [by will] 8' p. [er] an. [niim] to y* Master, and 5' p. [cr]
an.[nnm] for a Scholar in St. Marie's [Pembroke Hall] in Camb.
[ridge] to be chosen out of this School, out of an estate in [the
Pariah of All Saints] Lombard Street, London, [and St. Edmund
in the City of London] to be paid by [the] Vicar and CJiurch. [war-
dens] of St. Sepulchre, Lond.[on.]

Left by Mrs. [Elizabeth] Tildcsley, [Widow] an. [no] 1627, [an]
estate in Bedford let for 16' p.[er] an.[nura] besides a fine of 100'
said to be worth 40' p-[er] an.[num] w" y« Lease expires; by Mr.
[Henry] Norris an, [no] 1639, 40' [the] Int. [crest] to [be paid to
the] Master, who is nora.[iuated] by [the] Trustees.

[The] School being ruinous, [it] was rebuilt by Ellis Foster, y"
present Master, [1718] about 7 or 8 years agoc.

tbc Bune unto Nicholiu Turner of tlie anme. The Titbca are worth £20 per ann. an-
(ientlj paid to Mr. Andprton of Lostock, and sinpo his delinqueucj, arc taken for tho
une of the publli^k." — Lamb. 3USS. vol. ii. Mr. Anderton liad the DUBfortime to be a
lojal lubjeot, and conaequentlj wm opposod to Cromwell and tho ruling powersi hie
propertj wu therefore oonfiscatod and his fimiil/ ruined. Dr. Merlo D'Aubign^ nip-
proaioi the»c itartling event* in the Life of the Prott'ctor, and DMCrta that "the Com-
monwealth was remarkable for ite Chriitian virtues." — p. ETS.

i

ZSraners of |ISanrf|tfitcr. 17

[Tlie] Iiit.[ere8t] of lOQi fine paid for Bedford Estate.
[The] Feoffees name y« Master.

aitaetl by Mr. [Miles] Turner of Wigan 75' ; Edw. Holt of CIjacitiM.
Wigan IW; Mr. Norris 20'; 2 others 10" eaeh; and 3
[others] 5' each ;^ and 4" p.[er] aii.[mim] by Edw. Pilkington [by
will dated 28 Aug. 1644.]

^g KafflSieaUHJ.' Certif.[ied] yUhere p»ii. .^..^x
J^^ is nothing at all belongs to it. Vol. [nbant laom.]
[untary] coutrib. [utions] ab^ 12' p.[er] an.[num]. [The] Pre-
script, [ivc] and other dues to y= Rectory from this Hamlet [arc]
not above 30" p.[er] an.[uuni.] [t'w/. [i^etf] an. [no 1717.]^

' In 1722 the Ticu- of Bolton Bl&tod tlutt tho income of the Free School of Blackroa
amouated to £ii; that the CIotIc wm ohoiien b; the Minuter, and thkt he reroired
what (ha people pieasod to giro him. In 1S27 the School income wu £140. 4a. per
umumi and the Cliaritj Commiisioncrs atated [hut theji uould obtain no occoant of
£100 given by "Edwaid liolt in 1741," or of two gifts of £10 and £6) and the;
doemod thom loit charitios.

' Patron 8aint unknoim. Value in 1834, £97- BegiBtora bcgiu in 1914.

Hcmy de Bradshaw hod ■ grant of t^>mnion in Tutlington from Hcorj Uontbegon,
Lord of Tottiugton, for bja cattle and thecp in Bnidiibnw, by deed without dale, but
probablj' of the time of Sing John. Ucmy dc Bnulshaw his son, bud a similar grOint
bf docd from Ali?iaudcr do Ecterdale, Lord of Hurwood, of landi called Troma
Booth. In 1474 Elifu de Bradahow Esq. held hiii luida of tbe Lord De la Wair.
The family continued to reside here in uninterrupted male Buctwaeion until the latter
part of the lerenteentb century. John Bradahan of Brodahair Esq, in hid will dated
the 15th of March 1693-4, recitn bia indentures of the 16th and 16th of Ma; 1693,
whereby he empowered hia tni»l««, Hcury Wrigley of Langley, Thomaa Bradabaw of
HulingdpD, and John Jenkinaon of Failsworth Oenta. by losac, mortgage, or sole, to
raise legaciea for hia younger children from his Manor of Bradahaw, Bradabaw
Hall, and all hia laada in Bradahaw, Hurwood, and Tottington, and thcae trusts ful-
BUcd, ho dcTised the aamo lands to bis aan John Cradchaw, and his heira. Thia sou

aborlly aftemards, baring na issue by his wife, a daughter of Qre^ of Chester,

aold tho estate to Henry Brad«liaw of Murpte Hall iu tbe county of Chester Esq.
The Manor aflorwards pnsacd with Mary, daughter and heiroiB of Ilenry Bradabaw
£sq. to Nathaniel Isherwood of Bolton Eaq. and is now vested in the truatoca of bcr
detcendant Thomaa Brad«haw Itherwood Eaq. — Lane. MSS, toI, xi.
VOL. II.] D

18

l^otitia ^cfitrtcitffie.

;. This CLap.[el] is said to belong to Bradshaw Hall,^ and (as some
I 111 I ab it. [ants] now living affirm) it was built about 70 years agoe
by y* Bradshaw Family, but [it] is now decaying. Cerlif. [itd] by
Vic.larl an.\no'\ 1723.

Tis now well rejiaired, an[no] 1724.

[It is] about 2 ni.[ileB] from [the] Par.[i9h] Church, [and] 2
ni.[ilcs] from Turton.

[There is] no Diss. [enters'] Meet.[ing House,] an.[no] 1724.

No School. No Charities.

' ThiB cCTtificsto, \mAsr the hand of the Rev. Potpr Unddon M.A. Vicsr of Bolton,
dated Soplember 20th 17X7, wbb addruBned to Dr. Wr>o. The Vicar writes, " I
■eiit you bj the cuTiM, on Tuesday BD'onigliC, nn ace' of the Chappcls which m; Lord
Bp. of Chosler required j that letter b*' should hnre brought it 1 hear miacanjod,
therefore T send this. Bradshaw Chsppcl is of aDti<.iit erection, hath no endowment
■t all, A the Mmistor is maiiitnin'd hy tho contrlhulion of y* people, which scarco
Bmounls to £12 per anniuti." Uaddoa's successor in the Vicarage afterwanl* certi-
fied, "This Cliappel belong* to BnuUhaw Ilall, and y* Minisl rr is uiaintainud by eub-
acription of the neighbourhood. The (Klerk's income is also hy pulleetion." The Chapel
was in exislenco in 1G50, whcu Mr. [Vllgnto was the Teacher, " being n man of .i drill
carriage, elected by the congregation, and supported by Toluntary oootribution." —
Xomi. MSS. Tol. ii. This was probably the "tbij ignorant Irishman" who was a Pro-
bationer at Middlelon, and for imcen months the only Minister there, but never or-
dained, during tlie Commonwealth. — Wallter's Sufferingt of lie Clergy, b. ii. p. 836.
In 1687 Bishop Cartwright ordikined Thomas Whitehead B.A. de Jeeu Cant. Curate
de Bradshaw Cap. at. 23, and invited all the Clergy ordained to dine with his Lord-
ship at one table, along with Bishop lAbomne, the Bomlsh Prelate, then at Chester. —
Dimy, p. 80. In 1813 the Chapel was a mean and clilnpidated Btructure, the nomi-
nation of the Inctimbent being vested in the Vicar of Bolton.

' Bradshaw Hall is a respectable house of the early part of the sorenteenth century,
embosomed in wood, though lurrounded hy Print Works. The arms of Bradshaw arc
cut in stone over the hall door, and emblazoned in the windows. This laiuily, which
traced their origin to ITimry do Bradshaw, living about the year 1210, eonlinued here in
male deteent for Iwcnty-five generations. After the sale of Bradshaw, the family waa
represented by the deseendsnts of Thomas Bradshaw Esq. (great uncle of the vendor,)
and hia wife, Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Edward Rawsthome of Lum Hall
Hsq. and whose grandson, Bnwsthornc Bradshaw Cent, by his wife, Dorothy, daugh-
ter of the Rev. Henry Walmsley of New Malton in the county of York, had a son,
Br. Uenry Bradshaw, living in Salford in 1765, and who considered himself entitled
to this estalA of his male anoeetors. — £ww. MS8. toL li. pp. 1S8, 4, 6, 6.

Qcaners of ittnntljrsirr.

OD.^ar.

h

Sgj )Fi:T^<!;ff<9N.> Certif.[ied] Sff-OO-
^4^ OO'i viz ; 4' from y" owners of y Old
HaU;« 10', lDt.[erest] of 200' given by Mr. G. Shaw; 7l-10» Int.
[ercst] of 1501 given by Mr. J. [oliii] yielding; 4" Int.[erest] ofStf
upon Mortgage on Land; I'-IO" Iut.[ere8t] of half y^ gift of one
Broadhitrst [in 1681, "if there Bhall he a sound Orthodox Jlinister
there"]; 11 Int. [ercst] of Ztf in [the] hands of John HalliweU.

100' given formerly by Tho. Aiiderton, and lO" hy his sister, noir
lost, supposed to have been applied by [the] Disa. [enting] Trostees
to y« maint. [enance] of y' Teacher. Curate's Ace*- to B.[Uhop'\
Slrat. [ford.] Pap. Reg.

By a grant of Q.[iiccn] EIi::.[abetK\ an.[no] R.[egni] 8, it ap-
pears that this Clinppel had been built long before, at y* charge of
y« Inhab. [itants,] and was then and thereby made a Paroch:[ial]
Chappel, to all intents and purposes, by the Queen: v[ide] Grant

' Patron Suut uiiknoim. T&luo in 1S3'1, £90. Registers of bsptunu and buruli
begin in 1703, and marriages in 1TS4.

In tbe loth Edward III. Alexander, aon of Cecil; de Rirington, grsntod the Honor
to Robert do FiUdiigton, and from him deeccnded Bii^ard PiUtingtan of ItiTJngton
Bhj. vlio died in 1551, aged sixtj-fivo ycora, and 1>y whom, according to Dr. Fulltr,
the Chapel was built, lie married Ann, tiotor of Roger and Lauroaco Asghawe of
Hall o'th' Hill in Hiiath Ohamock, who wm living in 1566, by whom he had issue
■eroQ sons and fire daughtfrn; of which Jamus, the second son, was one of the »a
Dirines for correcting the Book of Common Frn^ er, and in 1560 wna coiiseeral«d
Bishop of Durbani. Ho died on the ZSrd of January, 1575. The Manor wb«
devised to TnisUiw hj the Bishop's nephew, Robert Pilkington, in 1605, and woa
ioU bj thrni to Robert Lcrer of Dure; Lever Esq. whose daughter and heiress, Jane,
married John Audrews Esq. grandson of William Andrews of Twywell in the count;
of Norlluimpton, and auocstor of Rolxtrt Andrew* Esq. tho proseot Mnneriol owemt.

The followuig iiueription On a monunent in Riringtim Chapel recorils tlie Founder :

"Vivit post Funera Virtus. Riohard' FilkiDgtou qui Templum hoc oondidit liic aepe-
liebatiir ano Dni 1551, et iUaii 24, tunc dunioa TriuitstlB, sc Klatis suai 65, bone

"Alicia Asshaw ei uxor 12 Uberofl ei peperit, 6 quibus trra contiomitores ftioruut et
I Oantabrigiengis iL Colh^io S. Johnnnia, ac ca vivit oologenaria. Fathers teseho y" ubil-
~rra nurtur &, learning of the Lorde.

"Jacobus istorum ftliiis rreat' Episrop' Dunolmc 2 Martii ono 1560, et fftalJs sua?
\ 12,hBiicScholamBperuitauiiol566el Templum. Children obe; ;o' paieots in ;• Lord."

20

Itotttia Ctnttimniii.

made to [the] Gov. [emors] of [the] Free School by y* Queen, by
Authority of Pari', Pap. Reg.

[The] Chap, [el was built] for y» use of [the] Inhab. [itants] of
Rivington, Anglezark, Hemahaws, and Foulda, who were then
reckoned to be 500.

The Inhab. [itauta] at their proper charges to find a Curate,
This Grant [was] made to y" Gov. [emors] of y« School, but no
power [was] given them to choose a Curate. V. [idc] Grant.

1 Warden an. [no] 1673.

Kamlcts 2, Biv,[ingtou] and Aniezark.

Rivington Hall.^

6 ra. [iles] from [the] Par.[ish] Church; 2 from Blackrode.

' From a etatemcnt miule on the 3nl of Judo 1717, b; Mr. Joshuu Biion, UiiuaUr
of BiringtOD, it appoare tlut Mr. John Aii<1i««b uid Mr. Willuua Bfitub, owners of
the Old Hall, paid the £4, which was s nnt charge thorcon, h»ring been originallj
given, berore 1649, by Robert LpvPr of Little Lever Gent, nod Thom»B BrBrea of
Siringtou Oeiit. and charged on lands which the; hud purclinaud of Mr. Rivington; tbat
Mr. GoorgoBlinw wna bom in Aoleairt; tbat the £80 bad been given by various indi-
Tidiula vlioso namoa were forgot iRn, and was then placed on morlgagc of one Hamer'a
landa in Bivington. The Chapel was rebuilt in 1666.

It waa certified in 1722 by the Rov. Tlioroaa Mormll, Virar of Bolton, that Bishop
Pilkington "gnvo the lands belonging to the Church of Bivington, in value £37 per
annum." — MS. Return in the Bishop's Registry, Cheater.

It might appear from the foUoning inaeription on a braes in the Chape! that the
Bishop was not the benefactor: — "Hwo Lyeth the Bodye of George Shaw, Gentleman,
wbo was the fourtb sonne of Lawrence Shaw of High Bullough in the county of
Lancaster, who in his I^u tyme gave £200 to be a> stoclie for ever for the use of the
Church of Rivington, the proCtf* whereof to be paid yearly lo a Preaehing Minister
at this Church. And at his Death hee gave, bmiiloK other large legacies to his Idns-
folkee and friends, the sume of £100 to be ob stouke for erer, the profltts whereof to
be yearly distributed amongst the Poor Iiihobilanta of Rivington, Andlesargh, Uentb
Chamock, and Anderlon, on Peter's Bay and Michael's Day, by even portiona: And
£190 (being the remainder of liis Estate) hee also gave to bo bestowed on land or laid
out itpon ■ rent ohargo for ever, the profitls whereof to be lent from tjme to lyme
gratis to the poore tcnnonts wilbin the lownes aforesaid towards the paying of their
Vftmt for such tyme and at the discretion of Mr. Alexander Feeildon and Mr. George
Shaw his Executors, and their hcire«, and others named in his last Will. Hee dyed
Ifovember Uie viij day, anno Doni. 1660, being of the age of 73 years."

Mr. Shaw lived to sec (he Chapel of Rivingtun supplied by nn Episcopalian and a
Presbyterian Minister; and whatever his own religious opinions might W, it is clear

Otancrs of iftandiMter.

y^W Gram. [mar] School founded by Jam.[es] Filklngton f r^aal.
I B.[ialiop] of Durham, 8 Eliz. Revenue in Rent and Rent
Charges about 401 p.[er] an,[num.]*

that he Bctvd righlly. In l&t4 Mr, BlackbumH vaa ordained b; Biahop BritlgcDuui,
and became settled herci but bavicg given umbrage to the PuritanB, hit wm eum-
monud buroTv the Clossis at Bur;, March 2Slh l&lT-fi, Bccus<.>d of not having btieu
"tawfull; ordained," and waa therefore gummarilj dismiaied &om bin Cure.— Wattcr'a
Stifferingi of the Clergy, p. 40. It was (hen entrusted to Mr. 3amuel Newton, who
continued here until 1602, when he made way for the old Incumbeiit, Mr. Blackburoe,
Newton is placed, b^ Calamj, amongBt the Noncooformiats, but it aeemB doubtflll if
he ought to bo in that catalo^e, ae he, in his turn conformed, succeeded Mr. BUck-
bnmc, and died Incumbent of RiTington, in 1682, when his funeral sermon was
preached an 1 Sam. xtt. I, by Mr. John Walker, a oatiTO of Strict, in Heatb Char-
noek, and who was hie succesEor in the Liring.

Mr. Bhawe, or AsshawD, and hia brother John, kinsmen of the Bishop of Ihirham,
died unmarried. Tbcir brother Richard eucoeedud to a good and ancient calnli', Their
■istcr Ann married Mr. Jame* Feihling of Street, ami wau mother ot Aleinnder
Feildlng, the Executor aboro named. John, son of Jamea Shawe of Henth Chamock,
great uncle of these two benefactors, married Kathmnc, daughto' of Mr, Riehnrd
Pilkington of Rivington, and sister of the Bishop of Durham. — Zaiic. M8S. Fed.
On the 19th of June 1650, it was reported to the Parliamentarj Commiwioners that
Bobert Shaw of High BuUough Oent. had in his possession £10 belonging to the
Parochial Chapel of Rivington, bnt that he roFosod to give aocuritj or to pay any
interest for the same. — Lamb. MSS.toI. ii.

There waa an original portrait of Bbhop Pilkington in the Chapel, which pcriahed
from ago, but in 1708 it was copied at a cost of £6. 10s. defrayed by the Ooremore of
the SchooL This picture was much damaged by a lire kindled by a maniac for the
destruction of the Chapel in 1S31, and being removed, the present portrait wa« placed
in its stead. It waa painted by Mias Pilkington, from a copy of the aeeond picture,
•Aer the year 1SI3 and before 1S23. The inhabitanta nominate the Curate.

' Rivington Hall wu long the scat of the Pilkingtons, and passed with the Manor to
Vt, Andrews, the ancestor of the present owner.

' Of thia aum £26 per annum waa paid to the Maater, and £14 per annum to tho
Uaher, in 172S, Certi/. of Thomat Morroll M.A. Vie. of Boll an. Tlio School waa
founded by Letters Patent dated the 13th o( May, ISlh Elix. (1G7S,} and amongst
the Governors named by tho Biahop were, Thomas A»sh«we Esq. George Pilkington
Esq. Tliomas Shawc Gent, and Richard Bivingtoni and the aaid Lettera Patent con-
tuned a licence to the inhabitants of lUvinglon, Anglczark, IlelmehaROT, and Foldes,
to provide a Curate or Miniater to perform Divine Service, and all rights of Marriage,
Baptiam, and Burial, in the Chapel in Rivington. The landa in the county of Dur-
ham, Bcltled upon the i^chool by Bishop Pilkington, were cold for £8,213, and Lettera
Patent obtained in 1823 empowcrtng tho OoTcmors to purchase an ettate in the

38 Jlotttfa Crstriensis.

Upon a vacancy of [tlie] Master the 6 Goveraours (wlio are
made a Corporation) are to name 2 persons to [tlie] Master and
Seii.[ior] Fellows of St. John's, Camb. [ridge,] they [are] to elect
oncofy"insix weeks, otherwise y* Master &c. to nominate. [The]
Usher to be named by [the] Govern. [ors] in a month, otherwise
[the] B.[ishop] of Durham or [of] Chester to nominate. ■V.[ide]
Abttract of Fourulatioii, Pap. Reg.

'■ nai ftien by John Shaw" 200'; John Broadhurst {in 1681) 60';

KH The Int. [crest] of [one] half to [he given to] y" Poor, and
10", Int.[erest] to liia poor Kclations in Rivington,

Maaff©^.' Certif.[ied] 4J.14'.00'i,
viz, [tlie] Int.[erest] of 741 given for-
merly, and 201 lately by Airs. Ab.[igail] Chctliam.

towtiitiip of Wbeelton near Rivlagton, fur £3,000, lenriiig laucli uiuold belonging to
the Sokool under tlio uuiiud vkIuo of £230. Tbo onlire income of the Scbool in 18S7
tnw £308. 9t. Sd.; and, irbiUt the fiuda have btfti boncficiallj nanogDil, tlioro u pro-
b«bl; not RBothoT ioBtanM on record of a Biihoii hnviiig founded n School under &
Bojal Churtpr, formal; on the jiriiwiplce of Llie English Church, wliich hsa pused
Into the haiida of "Unit-arinn»" wid Indcpeudenta. — See 19(A Sep. Char. Com.

* It appesn from hu monnioent in Unas still remnining in Rivington Cliaiwl, that
he WM tbo second son of Mr. Lawrence Slmw of High Bulhniigb, in Angtcnrgti, and
hii wife, Cicclc^, dnugliter of Mr. Wonnnll, thnt he gnro " out of lands" ten sliillingB
yeorlj for ever for the repair of Ritington Church, and twentj aohles yearly to the
poor. He died Not. 13th 1627, ngod llflj-llve yean.

It ii recorded on a Tabic of Senc&clions in the Church, that in 1627 Mr. John
Shaw gare the annual sum of £6. 13b. 4d. to the poor; that Mr. George Shaw gsTe,
prior to 1650, £290; ajid that Mr. George Shaw of Blackburn, gaTc in 1650, £220.
Landa irero bought with the two latter sun^, which in 1S45 produced an annua]
inoome of £330. 17b.

■ Dedicated to St. Bartholomew. Talue b 183-1, £166. Begislors at Bolton.

In the time of King John, Turton was hcM by Roger, son of Robert do Holland,
Bad passed from the Royal house of Lancaster to tbe Kuightiy Giniity of Orrctl of
Orrcll, near Upholland, who were scaled here in 1406, and held the lordship. In the
reign of Edward IT. tbe Torbocks claimed the Manor, and diicrs stuts took place be-
Iwecn them and the OrrcUs, which were Tinaltj Milled by Lord Derby's award in
favour of Mr. Ralph Orrell. on the let Oct. 6lh llcwj VII. At this time Lord De

Sranrrp of |MancfiCB«r.

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Augm. [ented] by Mr. Chetham of Castleton, wlio gave lOtf in
money, and a house, garden and orchard- stead, consists of a 3'^
part of an acre, vfd.[ue] 120'. [Tlic] Nomination of y» Curate
granted to Mr. Chetham upon account of this Augm. [entation.]

la Wbtt claimed n chief reut of Iho Lord of the Mnnor bs liis aubfinidatoiy, and esta-
bliahed it. The Manor mid estate were sold Aug. 5th 1638, by WiUiam OrrcU Esq.
and Richnrd his brother, who bad luooocded tlicir iniprOTideiit brother, Johu Orrell
Esq. in 16S6, to HtTUFmEr Chbteah oC Chiji^ou Oeut. for £4,000, and b&ving
continued iu Tuious bmnelica of thu over-to-be-honour(>d family for more than two
centuries, were sold shout ten jean ago, to James Ku; Esq. Camden names " Turton
Cbapvl among prodpioes and inutdsi" and Harrieon, in 1GT7, desfrihing the Brad-
thaw stream, layv, "It Tysoth of two headis above Tfbton Cbttsch, whtnoe it
runneth to Bnutsha, and ere long taking in tho Walmmlcy beckp, thoy go in one
channeU till they come beneath Bolton in Ihc Moro." In 1650 the tithes of Turton
and Longwortli were worth £40 per annum, and were rocoiTed by Mr. Humphrey
Chethuui and Mr. Thomas Lougworth, tvlio paid thirty-flre Bbillings by way of pre-
icription. " One Widow Hugh, doaeamd, gave twenty shillings a year, in the bonds
of John Wood of Turton, towards tho maintenance of the Minister there, and the
residue of hie wages ari)cs &om free gifts and contributions of the congregation. Mr.
Junes Livosey, n iiainfuJ, godly, orthodox Minister, was elected by tho unanimous
consent of the congrsgation of Turton, in the phico of Mr. Michael Briscoe, a godly
Minister, who did oMcintc by order of the Ckimmittec of Plundered Ministers, but
was ousted by some of the Chspolry that did not affect him."— Lamb. USS. voh ii.
See also Walker's Suffiritgi of the Clergy, pp. 40, 41, for some account of Mr.
Livesey, who afterwards married EliiaWth, daughter of Geo. Chetham of Turton Esq.

On the S7th Oct. 171'f, Henry Lawson, Clerk, Curate of Turton, and Mr. Christo-
pher Horropks, an inhabitant of the Cbnpelry, certified on oath before Thomas
Wainwright and Edward Robvrts Esqrs. that the certain yearly endowment of the
ChapeJ of Turton consisted only of the interest of £74, except £20 left Utcly to it by
Madame Abigail Chetham, decenseil, payable by her nephew, Bnmucl Clietham Etq.
which he had lately laid out towards the building of a bouse designed by him for the
Curate; but that if his proposals for augmenting the said Curacy mode to the Gorer-
Bors of the Queen's Bounty take cITnet, in which the said house, a gar<lcn and orchard
stead, consisting of llie third part of an acre of ground, ore included, the said £30
wiD be by him added to the stock aforesaid, and make the whole £94. — QastroU'a
3tSS. Segutrg, CheHer.

InalettertoChancellarWainwrigbt, dated 3cp. 11th, 1716, Mr. Haddon, the Vicar
□f Bolton, says, "The Lord Bishop of Chester (you know) is Patron of Boltou; I, as
Vicar thereofi doe A will consent to whatever his Lordship shall advise i think fit to
bo done as to Oiiug the right of nomination of a Curate at Turton Chnppcl in Mr.
Chetham, who is Bottling a salary on a Curate there in order to obtain Queen Anue's
Boon^. While that Chappel ia under the cogniiuce of the Ordinary, I do not

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jKotitta CTcfltnnisis.

Hia Family used to noniin.[ate] by reason of y* contrib.[utions
which were] usually given by him and his tenants to y^ Curate.

Not very aucient, but said to be built upon the Foundation of an
old Chap, [el.] No endowm', but Mr. Chctham and his tenants
contribute about 30' p.[er] an. [num.] JVarden Wroe's Ace'- giv.
[en in] 1706. Pap. Reg.

foroec Bn; pr^n<lire can arise Eo tbo Viou* of Bolton in fiiture timoe, &, um confident
none will in Mr. Chatham's life, who is a verj worthy gent"- If any thing moro ei-
prcis than what I Lave wrote is roquisito and required, you ehall Jure it readily."
Tbu waa a draenred character of a liberal, pious, and Bound Cburcbnsan, who, dying
int«it«t« in 1741, hia brother and beir, Humphrey Chctham Esq. by will dat«d the
lit of December 1T46, gave £1,000 to be inresti»l by his Executors, and two-thirda
of the proceeds to be given to the Minister, and the other third to the Schoolmaster,
of Turton.

The Ohapel wob rebuilt in 1779, aod, being too small for the population, was again
entirely rebuilt and considerably enlarged in 1840-1. Tho Incumbent is nominated by
O. H. Hoaro Esq. in right of his wife, one of the co-heiresses of James Orccn Esq. the
gmndson of Mrs. Alice Bland, one of the sisters and co-heiresses of Edward Chctham
of Turton Esq.

In the MS. Journal of Mr. ■William Horrocks of Entwisle, (1678—1714,) art- nn-
toaroDS ontrira rehtting to Ihirton Chapel and the Parish of Bolton. "Oct. 3, 1667,
James WhitBhead, Constable of Entwislo, paid Mr. John Lever, Vicar of Bolton, jE-t,
ns a pTMCTiption or modtu deeimaadi, for the Manor or Lordship of Entwiale, in lieu
of all Tyths of Com and Grain, Wool, Lamb, Pig, and Goose, within the said Manor,
for foor years last past."

From an entry of " the Alms" rcccited at the Communion, in 16SS, it appears that
the Holy Eucharist was then administered at Turton on the flret Sunday in ercry
month, and the oSi'rings were eery large.

The "Choppeil Lay" appears to haye been regularly levied and collected, and Ibo
writer of the Journal punctually records having paid "Chappell Wages, 2 q" 3s." and
"Parson-wages, Is. 6d." through a long scries of years. In 1707 the Poor Tux fur
Edgeworth, Entwisle, and Quorlton, was aa follows^ —

Kdgworth, per m

Entwisle

Qusrllon

. 02 . OSt

. 01 . 05 in alL

On the 4th of March 1657, thi) whole township of Entwisle was purchnscd from the
Tyldesleys or the several tenants who hod leases for lirea of Die came, in the names of
Mr. Entwule and Mr. Norbury. Zanc, USS. vol. ni.

I9caner» of ISanritrstrr.

] an. [no] 1717, w*'' money and lands [of the] value
8 given in to [the] Gov.[emors] of [the] Q[ueen]'s

Augm. [entei
of 2881 S". 9", I
Bounty.

1 Warden an.[no] 1673.

5 Hamlets, Turton and Longworth, Edgworth, Entwisle and Cotonrf.
Quarlton.

Ancient Seats, Turton Tower' and Longworth Hall.^ festW.

4 m.[iles] from Bolton; 2 ra.[ile8] from Bradshaw.

No Warden. [The Clerk is chosen by y^ Minister, and his In-
come depends upon y* People's Pleasure.]

f¥^^ rrr is a School erected by y* AnceatourB of Mr. Chetham of ^'%<"''-
£^Q Caatieton, but iio settled endowment, only Mr. Chetham
allows 4" p.[er] an,[num] for teaching 6 poor children. Certif.{ied]
aw.[no] 1716.

But an. [no] 1717, 100' was given by Mr. Chetham's Brother, C^aritii.
[Gervase Chetham, the] Int.[erest] of w'"" cloth[c]s 5 Boyes.*

Mr. Chetham nom, [inates] the Master.

RaimSlSS.' Certif.[ied] 051-13'- t^H^;^
g 00^, viz. 41* in land called Greeuloes

L

' Turton Tower, nj» Cnrnden, now "tlio roiidinice of the illuitriou* fiunily of Orrell,"
WM originallj cooBtmoted for defence, and almoBt entirely rebnilt by Willmra, 90u
&nd hi-ir of John OrruU Esq. in Ihoyear 1596, with bIuup, somu of Ihc aider part* of
the houHO being then, and now, of lath und ploater. The demesne land consists of
thruD hundred and sixty-five acres. A good view of the boiuu is given in nail's
Baronial BatU of England, 18-M.

' Longworth Hall is now a farm house, without any pcculiDT characteristic, and has
long been the property of Mr. Hulton of Hulton, the ownur of the whole township.
In 1600 it woe the residence of Glcorgo Longworth Ocnt.

* In the 19fi Bep. of the Charily Cvn. p. 21S, this benefit ia orroneansly said to haye
been conferred by Abigail Chetham by vtill in 1690, and inTestod in land, bnl no
proof was adduced. Abigail, daughter of Qeorge Chethani of Turton Esq. died in
1714, unmarried; and her nephew, Gervase Chetham, died in 1717-lS, at, 34, being
the benefactor.

> Dedicated hy the umB of ChiistChureli. Talue to 1S34, £68. lUgislers at Bolton.
VOL. It.] S

26 ^olitta Cratrtntaifi.

tenem'; I'-lS-j [the] Iut.[erest] of 33', out of w'^ [the] Repairs
are paid for.' There ia a Bond from Smith for 17', and another
from Crosse for 7', which belong to y" Cliap.[cl] Stock,* but both
[are] desperate. An.[no] 1717. [The] Prescript. [ive] and other
Dues to y Rect, [or] from this neighbourhood [are] not above
2'-10«p.[er] an. [num.]

Ancient, and supposed to be consecrated.* About 8" p-[er] an.
[num] endowm'.

No Contrib.[ution8.] Warden fVroe's Ace'- an.[no] 1706.

Bent belong, [ing] to [the] Chap, [el,] 6'p.[er] an. [num.] Cer-
tif.lied] an.[no] 1722.

* The Cbapcl ia aitiuted in the townsUp of Turton, but bw tang coued to bo nip-
plied by the Inpumbotit of Turton. It apponr* ta hsTe been built for the ucommo-
datiim of the inbabilnnts of Turton and Longwurth, nod the Churchwarden eeut to
the Pamh Church for thcao townahlpa is choaea twice out of the formtr, and once out
of the latter place.

' In 1R50 tbero was a Chapel Stooii of £60 lownrds the maintenatice of tho Miuis-
tCT, in the hands of WiUiam Stone* of 3harplee, John "Welfh und James Shajroek of
TurtoQi uid £40 per aminni was paid bj the Cammilteo of Plundered Ministers to
Mr. Michael Briscoe, who had offended the Chetham family at Turton, and lost the
Curacy. — Zamt, MSS. vol. ii.

"There is a Tenement belonging the Chappel of 7*TnIue of six poundi p' aim." —
TicM Morrall's Cerlif.

In the Rer. Peter Haddon's statemeut to Warden Wroe in 1717, ho My» of thit
Chnpel that it is of ancient erection, and that of this £3S, twenty of it vraa in the
hitnds of Hr. Hugh Entwisle of Bolton, and £19 in the ha.nds of Mr. Henry Lawson,
the then Curate and Minister of Turton ; that George Smith's Bond and the hite Mr.
Croflse's Bond were both datperatc, but the writings being in Mr. Chetham's hands,
who was then in London, a more particular account covdd not be obtained. There were
at that time Prayers and two Sermons at the Chapel, one Lord's Day, erery monlb.

*Il might hare been supposed that the Records of the Sec, would have aflbrded the
Bishop inforoiation respecting those Churches which h^ been <>onseoral«d, but Mr.
Preecott, the Registrar, writing to his Lordship at Oiford, in 1717, sajs, "We hare
not many antient Books or Bscords in the Registry — not one diH'orering the Conse-
cration & Kndowm* of the Churehe* and ChapeUs. There is one of Entries of Insti-
tutions w^'' goes some years higher than the Erection of the Bishopriek, the most
antient & materiall Books being carried lo Lichfield, And many Records of things
since the Erection perished here (a Beseiged t Surrendered Place) in the time of
the Eebellion." — as. Lrtters, Lane. MSS.

The Church was rebuilt in 1S39, at a cost of £3,000.

Oranrt^ of faant^tattx.

27

Chappell stands in y" Village of Turton.

4 ra.[iles] from [the] Par.[i8h] Church; li m.ples] from
Turton.

Served by [the] Cnrate of Turton.

^^ ore is a small School erected by Contrib. [utions,] about an, Stfjool.
sShS [no] 1716, upon Mr. Lonsdal'a land; but if y" said School
be converted to any other use, it shall revert to Mr. Lonsdal and
his heirs.

BtliS.' about 250" p.[er] an. [num.] Patron, [the] EarllS. .,.».ii.06t

ot Derby. "^■■" ^ f I

Same Patron 36 H. [eury] 8. Inst, [ilution] B. [ook] 1 . ^' ' «■ x- '

p. 45. An.[no] 1673, 5 Wardens, 5 Assist. [ants.] ^ gJJ

p»p...!.'.' no

BIbiiIm'. p.
' Dedk-aled to St. Mary. Value in 188*, £1937. Begifltws begin in 1590. [,f^p^i"ti!s"

Bury was a ft« belonging to the Hoyiil Manor of Tottiiigton, and wm held by the Ind.]
Ltuii^jB, Lords of Blflt'khumnhire, soon after the Normnn Inriuion. In the mgn of
Sen. ni. Adam de Bury hold n knight's fee in Bury of the Etirl of Linooln's ke, who
held it of Rob, de PemrB, Earl of Dorby, the King's tenant in chief. In 1311 Henry
de Bury held a moiety only of the Manor nndcr the Earl of Lincoln, by service, being
the one half of a knight's fee; and in 1351 Roger Filkington held one knight'a fee in
Bury, fomicrly held by Sir Adam de Bnry, and which appeals to have paafod by mar-
riage to the Filkingtona, &Dm the Burya. This Manor continued in the PilkingtoQ
liunily until the attainder of Sir Thomas Pilkington in 148S, when it was granted bj
the Crown, together with the other lai^ ottatea of Sir Thomas, who had no issue, to
Thomas, Elarl of Derby, in whieh liiatinguiehed and noble liunily it still remains.

There waa a Church here at Domesday Surrey, and Boger de Poictou, for a short
timo, was the Patron, but the patronage was afterwards veated in the LaicyB, The
Church was estimated at £13. 61. Sd, in the Valor of Pope Nicholas, in 1391. In
13B6 John de Pjlkingtoo waa Hector of Bnry, and hia bmily had before that time,
obtained the advowaon from tho Lascya. From the Pilkingtona it passed with the
Manor to the Derby family, tho present noble Patrons. In IG50 the ParUamcntary
InquiBit-ora reported that the late Earl of Derby, or the now Earl hia son, presented
Mr. Peter Travis B.D. to the Church of Bury, who roceiTed the profits of the said
Rectory for nine years, and now for some years pset utaniis sequestered, as a delin-
quent, by the Parliament, and that by order of the Honse, dated the 24lh of April

SB ^Otitis ecfttrirnsiA.

Six Churchwardens, 1 for Bmy, choBCn by y* Rect.[or;] Heap,
Walmslcy and Lunt name 3 apiece to y" Rect.[or,] out of w'** he
chooses 1. Tottington names 2 to y» Rectour.

1645, in these word*, — "Aj dimCP to the Pwl' k tho proceed"" thereof, A in Lfttbam
House kept a Ouruon >g> tho Partt' It is therefore ordered that the a" Rector;
be forthwith »oq' from the g' Mr, Trara, & that W Alt & Andrew Latham, godly
ft orthodoi dirinee, doe for the present officiate the Cure of the s* Far. Church
ft Preach diligently there, ft shall have for their painee the Parsonage House, ft
Glebe hinds, ft all the Tithes, Bents, Dulje^ ft Profits of the s" Kectorj, till Ew
ther order be taken." — Sigttrd, Gilbert Millington, "And since the death of
M'- Latham, b; order of the Committee of Plundered Ministers dat. 28 Aug. 1648,
M'- Tobias Fumess, a godljft orthodox dirine, isapp^ along with U' Alt."^ — Signed,
Halhnn Bacon. They preach twice erery Sabbath Day, ft once every Thursday, being
Market Day at Bury, keeping a constant Lecture there as bath been accustomed, ft
dwell in the Parsonage House, ft occupy the Glebe Lands, ft receive part of the said
lathes, according to the said order. A tenth part of the same is allowed to Dorothy,
wifu of tho s" Mr. Travis, ft her child"- vii. £18, paid by the a* Alt ft Furness to
M"* Travis, ft they each have £80, as Hectors."— iomft. MSS, vol iL

Bainos, in opposition to the above account, states that Peter Travis was instituted
to the Bectory, March IGtb 1633, and that in the foltoning year Wm. Bothwell wai
instituted to the same, whilst Walker has recorded tliat ho was merely Curate to Mr.
Travis, and was himself abused, plundered, and turned out. — Apptiul. p. 422. Roth-
well became Vicar of Leyland at the Bestorstion, and died iu 1GT7.

Mr. Travis was of Trinity Collego, Cambridge, and Chaplain to Jamee, Barl of
Derby. Ho rejected the Covenant and the Presbyterian Discipline, and was therefore
ejected from this Living and &om the Bectory of Halaall, his private estate wa<
sequestered, and his wife and six children were reduced to great poverty. Walker
says, that Mr. Alle had formcrlj been Curate to Mr. Travis, and that be and Mr.
Latham did not allow Mrs. Travis and her (-hildren one penny toviards their support.
SKf 0/ the Cbrrgif, p. 880.

On the E6th of Febroary 1660, Charlotte, Countess of Derby, " the true and on-
doubted Patron," nominated the Rev. John GrenehHlgh S.T.B. to the Bectory of
Bury, having procured the resignation of John Lightfoot, the last Incurobont, who
styles hiniBOlf "Cbaphun" only; and on the 2d of March 1660, Brian, Bishop of
Chester, inslituled Mr. Grenehslgh. The arras used by the Countess, on black wai,
are, on a bend, thren stags' heads cabossed, impaling between a chevron three eagle*,
displayed; and her signature is large and siugularly bold. Bainos bad not asecrtniued
tho date of Mr. Grenehalgh's institution, and makes the Earl of Derby his Patron.

The Living was unproved and tho Town beneRted by an Act of Parliament obtained
by the Hon. and Bev. John Stanley, in 1764, empowering the Bector, for the time
being, lo grant building Loaees of the Glebe for ninety-nine years. In 1775 the Nave
of the Cbureh was rebuilt m a debased style, and in lti43 the fine old Tower and

Oeanrtv of fRant^tattt.

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Towns. 2. Bury and Tottington. In Bury 4 Hamlets; Bury, Catonf.
Heap, Walmersley, [and] Elton.

Tottington is divided into Upper End and Lower End. In Up-
per [End] are Edenfield, Musberry, [and] Cowpe cum LencLe.

7 Holts; Brandlesome,^ Heywood,' Bamford,* New Hal],^ Lumm ^alU.
Hall/ Tottington,' Nuttall,9 Booth.s Bridge Hali.i"

Bpire were, wi^li difllcuttv, r&icd, and rebnilt. A Chapel in tho north aisle, bnilt bf
"one Rji'IibkI Bmith, Bometimes Parson of Bury," was convoyed by Hugh Wahnough
B.D. Bectar. and WUliaro, Enrl of Berby. ta Roger Kay of Wyddell Oettt, ((mowtof
of the Rot. KogerKBy,) in IBH— ianc. 3fSS. voL mi.

There are Ihirteen Cbapeb in Uiia Farub, iiiAny of tbem fllial dependenoicia, and
others vested in Tnuteea.

* BraDdlesholme, in Elton, a Urge bonae^ though now niucb curtailed in its dimen-
■iODS, U of timber, briek, anil stone, and tho older parts appear to have been built
■bout the time of Henry VIII. The estate pmsed by marritige with Ali(«, daughter
and heiress of Henr; do Brandlcshotinc, to Henry, son and heir of John Orcnehaleh
of OreDehalgli, in tho time of Riehnrd II. according to a Pedigree of thirteen descents,
in tho Laac. MSS. toL lii The last heir maJe of tbe family was Henry Oroenbalgh
Esq. who died about the middle of tbe last emtarj. The estste now belongs, bj
purebaae, to Henry FoIlioU Powell Esq. a Captain in the Ceylon Rifle Regt.— 800
jUshoton's Journal, p. 6, for some scrount of tbe Glieenhalghs.

' Hi^ywood Hal], in Heap, wa« the residence of the Heynoods from the Uttor pirt
of the thirtoenth century, until it was sold by the Her. Eobtrt Heywood in 1717, to
John Starky, an opulent attorney in Rochdale, grandfather of James Starky Esq.
SbcrilT of Lancaahire in 1T9I, who died in 1846, s.p.^Soe Corser's James' Iter
Jjoncattraae, for some interesting particulars of Che Hcywoods.

* Bamford was granted to Thomas de Bamford, by Sir Adam de Buty, in the Utl«T
pArt of the rdgn of Henry III. for his homage and serriee, and two marks, and an
■nnnal rant of ISd. of silver, at the Feast of 9t. Oswald, tho King; and the same Sir
Adam afterwards grants all his lands in Bamford to Alexander de Bamford, for a peeu-
niary consideration, and a rent of 40d. aoaually at tho Feast of St. Oswald. The
estate descended lineally to William Bamford Esq. who died in 1757, leaving by his
wife, Margaret, daughter of Edward Dnvcnport of Stockport Esq. three daughters and
ooheiresses, and, all of them dying without issue, it was devised by Ann, the eldest
coheiress, in 1779 to William Bamford of Tarlton Bridge, a remote kinsman, aflerwarda
SheKtr of Lancashire, who married in 1786 Anna, daughter of Thonuis Blaekbume
of Hale Esq. but dying in 1806 without male issue, it passed with a distant female
relative in marriage to Robert Hesketh of Upton in tho county of Cbesler Esq. who
assumed the somame of Bamiord in IBOG, and was grandiathor of Lloyd Hosketh
Bamford Hesketh of Qwyrch Castle tn the connty of Denbigh Esq. Bamford was
purchased by Mr. Joseph Fmlon, whose son James Fenton Esq. in 1B41 took down

80 jiotitia GrstrtenHfB.

*r6onI. g^f ere is a School, Founded an. [no] 1625, by Hen. Bury. There

'^M was 16' p.[er] aii.[num] settled upon it:" But about an,[no]

(he HoU, which had been rebuilt in the time of Queeo Anne, tuid erected near the
former site ■ larg(> uid hnndaumc mudi^ni housp.

' Mow HbU wu purehiMed in 1538 b; Laorence Ravsthorce of Wiodaor in the
countj of BcrliB Qeut. son and heir of William Rawsthome and hia wife, Margaret,
daughter of Emor HoUiwull, of Kuchdide, eccond eon of Adam Eawsthorno of Lumm
Oent. It contiaued to be the residence of the familj until the latter part of the
Berenteenth contuiy. The ikmilj is now represented, and this cstato held, by Launmce
Bawatorue of Penwortham Esq. Lieut. Colonel of the 1st Roj'al LaiK^ashire Militia,
and Sheriff of the Pounty in 181*.

' Lumm Hull, in EdenBeld, berame the unt of Adam Sawethomo Ocnt. before the
22d Edward IT. and was oouvejed in marriage bj- Eliiabelh, daughter and hoireaa of
Edward Rawsthome Esq. about 1660 to Thomaa Brodshaw Esq. seventh son of John
Bradshow of Bradabaw Esq. and hia wife, Alice, daughlur of Sir Qoorge X^icesler of
Toft Bart,

7 Tottington Hall was the aeut of a coUatpral branch of the very respectable family
of Kotogh of Notogh, aettled here certainly in the early part of the reign of Queen
Elizabeth, HGCording to Dugdale'a Pedigree of the bouse, wbich failed in ao heiress
in the lost oentury. Thomas Kultall of Tottington Hall Oent. by wQl dated
the Wth of May 172«, dovisod his eaUtea b Tottington and elsewhere, to Trustcca,
for the use of his sole child, Margaret, wife of Adam Bagahavre of Wurmhill in the
oounlj of Derby, Esq. for her life, with remainder to ber eons in tail male. In failure
of issue, the estslca were devised to the teatator'a kinsman, Thomas, son of Wdliam
Langley of Thomecow in the county of York Gent, charged with legacies to the tes-
tator's god-son, Thomas, son of Nathan Nuttall of Ellon, and to hia (teetatar's) sister
Orompton's children. The line is presumed to be represented (through Bagshawe,)
bj Robert Radclyffe of Foidenton Esq.

" NutboU Hall, in the bamlel of liolcomb, and township of Tottington, was the aoat
of Richard do Notogh, born before the *iat Edward Ul. 1868, and living in the 20th
Richard n. 1397, and the 10th Henry IV. 1408, and descended to Bichard Notogh,
liring in the 9th Henry VII. Alter many intermediate desemte, the oatale passed
from this family, probably by marriage, to M iks Lonadale of Field House Esq. aboat
the year 1698, and was conveyed by his deaeendant and representative, Ann, only child
of Uenrf Lonsdale Esq, about 1T90, in marriage to the Rev. Bichard Formby of
Fonnby L.L.B. by whom it was sold to Hr. Grant. John, aon of Nicholas Ootyn
of Golynrodc in Waltnersley, in the parish of Bury, conveyed Golyarodo, by deed
dated the 7th of September 1491, to Henry Notogh of Notogh, and the arms aud orest
allowed in 1664 to Thomas Nuttall of Tottington, elaimuig to represent a collateral
line, were allowed by Order of Chapter, in ISll, to George Ormcrod of Tyldoaley and
Sedbury Esq, as heir general of Nuttall of Goljnrode, connected with the parent line
by iteislvred descent. Norfolk, viU, 6*, 68, CM. Arm.

ISeaners of fiRant^tsUr. 31

1683 it was all spent in a Law Suit. There is but one Burviving
Trustee, who can give no account of [tlie] Writinga. The present

• Booth HbU, a Bob wood and piaster building of (he time of Henry Til. was at
that period the property and roaidcncB of a liimily of the local name, which continued
here until shortly after 1664, at which time George Booth Gent, son of Hiehard
Booth, and his wife, Dorothy, daughter of Andrew Holden of Todd Hall Gent, and
grandaon of John Booth of Boolli, who married AHa.; daughter of Edwd. BawaChoma
of Newhall Eaq. recorded a *bort Pedigree. The estate passed, probably by purchaae,
to James Lotnax of Uosworth Gent, and was conteyed in marria^ by Elizabeth, one
of his daughters and cobeiresstie, in 1693, to John HnlliweU of Pike House Esq. whose
descendant, John Beawicke Gent. B.A. a Scholar of St. John's College, Cambridge,
derised it in 1773 to tbe uses of his will, and being sold, was purchased in 1796 for
£3195, by Robert Nuttall of Bury Esq. It is now the property of hie giaudsoo,
Bobcrt Nuttall of Eempaay House in the couiity of Woreeetcr Esq,

■" Bridge Hall was tbe roiidcnco in the 22d Edward TV. of Bogor Holt Gent, described

in tbe Pedigree as a younger son of Holt of Grinlehurst, and continued in the

same family in 1664, when Roger Holt Gent, who married Jane, daughter of Thomas
Greimhalgh of Brandlcsome Esq. recorded a short Pedigree. His son, Richard Holt,
married Barah, dangbler of the Ber. Robert Bellis M.A. Incumbent of Ince in the
county of Chester, and was living in 1706, baring one daughter and hdress, who
married Nathaniel Qaskell of Manchester Oent. by whom ebe had two daughters and
coheiresses; Bebecoa, married Eichard Clivo of Stycho in the county of Salop, Esq.
father of Robert, first Lord CliTe; and Sarah, married Hugh, eleventh Lord SempilL
Tbe estate was purchased of Lord Sempill and the Clirea m 1736 by Robert Mnttall
of Bury merchant, and sold by bia descendant, Robert Nuttell Esq. to Edmund
Grundy Esq. the present owner. The house baa been modemiied, but some of the
earlier Elisabethau parts still remain.

" In 171S Mr. Thomas Cbugh, Curate of Bury, in a letter to Chanoellor GastrcU,
■ays, " I Snd by some M3S. ot the late Mr. Oipps, Rector of Bury, that £12 a y' (not
£16) being the stipend settled on the Sohuol by He. Henry Bury, was belonging to
the School b 1679, but that shortly aftd' a law-suit broke out betwiit the feoffees of
the School and the owners of the remaining part of the Tenem' called Nahb's
Tenem' being a Leasehold Farm iu Bury, held under the house of Derby, i, on its
doming (o an issue the feoSees were caxt & the Rent lost. The only surviving feoQ^
is Thomas Nuttall of Bury Gent." This IcolTee was the Winummi of the Rev. Roger
Kay M.A. Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, Prebendary of Sarum, and Rector
of Fittloton in tbe county of fVilts, who, by Seed dated May 6th 1726, settled Lands
and Tenements, called Chadwick Hall, Half Acre, Coptrod, Langfield, Bagalsdo, Bent-
wood, Hands, Pits, and Cutlano, in the Parish of Bochdale, on Trustees, as an En-
dowment for tbe Grammar School of Bury, The Income of tbe School from this
soorce, in 1827, amounted to £442, The Rev, Roger Kay, by Will dated the lOtb of
April 1729, appointed the following Trustecfl, if be died at Bury, viz. Henry Grene-
halgh of Brandleaome Esq. the Ber, James Banks, Reictor of Bury, and Mr. Thomas

32

j^titia Ccsiriciittis.

Master (1718) was nom. [inated] 30 [32] years agoe by y« old
Feoffees; but y" School Btanding upon h^ Derby's land, and y*
Writings being lost, lie [liia Lordahip] elkallengea the Right to
Nominate.
W^lmtilrs Another School-house ere(!ted here by Contrib. [utions,] upon y"
lands of Miles Lousdall [of Bury Esq.]'^ al)' 3 y,[earB] agoe, [by
Deed dated 27th August 1716,] w^*" land is to revert [to the
Grantor] if [the] School be ever turned into a Meeting-house [or
be converted to any other use.] No Endowment. Ceriif. [ierf] an.
[«o] 1722.

£id]aa[.

emititi. n|| flJtn [in lf>66] by Rob. Shepherd pate of Bury,] an Estate
BnK in Elton, of [the value of] 9' p.[cr] annum, for binding out
Apprentices in this Townsr, [the Rector of Bury always to be one
Trustee, and Richard Barlow of Bury Gent, a Trustee, hath the
Deeds;] by John Gucat 40', [the] Iut.[ere9t] to buy Linnen Cloth
for [the] poor of this TownsP, [who have no monthly allowance, in
1653;] and [alao] 2ff to Tottington. [The] Int.[erest] of lOff to
Tottington, [left] by Mr. [Thos.] Bridge, Beet, [or] of Malpas, to
bind out [two poor] Apprentices; Rev. Johu Lomas 10' to the
Poor, in 1694.

An. [no] 1629, Verdict finding y' Anne Kay left a bequest to y>
Poor here. MS. Hulm. 98. A. 16. -49.

Clough, Cunte of Buiyi ud b; • Codicil dated the etb of Unj 1730, he left Hr.

Ctougli, the Curat!?, a legacy of £40. The large eharilivs of this pioiu and munificent
second Founder of Bmy Sehool, uid the derotioDal tone of hia Will, indicate him aa
a bright eiainplo of on English Churchman, He appears not onlj to hare dispeiued
bleuingi during his life, but to have been aolicitoua to extend them even to the re-
notdt poateritj, and hi> name i* deserredlj held in grateful remembrance. He waa
high]; eeteemed bj Biihop Burnet; and I have aeon a letter addressed to him b; that
Prehiti", whn, no doubt in this inatanco, aiproanod his real opinions, tn terms of no or-
dinary eoDunendation.

" Miles, son and heir of Honrj Lonsdahs of Chaddcrton in Tottington Gent, mar-
ried Mary, daughter and heiress of Henry Whitehead of Field-House in Bury Oent.
He was in the Commisaion of the Peace for Lancashire, and dying in 1723, wna soo-
deeded by bis son, Uilea Lonsdale of Fivld-Hoiue Esq. bamstor-at-law, who died in
I774irl,72. La»c.MS.Ped. See aUo p. 37.

Orniicvn of ittanriirtttcv.

I

^ %S^^0^WLO or £S^iF«£l.)9,'

^aCertif.[ied] OQi ■ OS' ■ OOJ p.[er] au.
[nuni,] given by Johu Grirae [of Baxenden.] This Chap, [el] aud
Holcorab were alwaycs, within memory, served by y" same Curate.
Both of them were Consecrated in Q.[ueeu] Eliz[abeth]'a Reign.
In [the] Reign of Char. 1, the Bp compelled each Chapelry to allow
10' p.[cr] an.[uum] apiece, to y= Minister whom they sh'' choose,
or he should send, to officiate onee a Month, in each Chap. [el;]
but now there are only Contrib. [utions] of ab' S' p.[er] au.[mun]
to both. fVard.^en] H'roe'a Ace'' an.[tw] 1706. Pap Reg.

One Warden, an. [no] 1673.

5 m.[iles] from Bury; 2 m.[iles] from Holcomb. Same Curate
supplyes both [places.] Contrib. [utions] to both, about 17' p-[er]
an. [num.]

gg^ i£V&Ct«3«>I3.> Certif.[ied] 8i- Ifr-OO'i, augm.

^^ p.[er] an.[num]. Settled upon lauds

< PitTon Stunt imknoirD. Value in 1834, £117, R^giatrn begin in 1728.

On the TowoT of EdeniiKld Chapel la the Aatu 1614, and tiw Jniti&U L. H.

In 1645 the tithes of Tottingtou nore given by order of FarliBment to the Chaprlit
of Edaiifleld and Holeomb. In 1650 £20 were in the hands of WUUuiu Kay of Cdbbas,
and Morlin Ea; of Little Wood, bcbg neierol dnDatians to the Chapel of Edi'Dlirhl,
■a HppeaTB b; their Bond eentaimng the nnmcD of the donors and the sumB given.
Eatonlleld and Holeomb bad the eame Minister, "but there is none now for want uf
mabteiuuico," (Lanti. MSS. vol. ii. p. 357,) »o that the titlio endowment had bail »oou
withdrawn. Walker stales tbnt Mr. Iduigle;, the Minuter, was silenced by the id
LaDcaahire Classis. — Append, p. 419.

The Chapel waa stjled ParocMal in 1738, when Bishop Pcploo granted a Facullj for
putting np a Qallerj and enlarging the north Chunecl, and has hoea considered Ironi an
early period totally independent of the Mother Church for all Ecclesiastical purposes,
having the rights of baptism and sepulture, and also the privilege of impo^ga Church-
rate upon the lands and houses within the Chapelry. It is therefore to be inferred
that ■ Chapel existed here previous to the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and that either
R new Chapel was then built, or the old one, for the flrat time, consecrated.

> Dedicated to St. Luke. Value in 1334, £148. Registers begin in 1747.
Hejwood was granted by Sir Adam do Bury to Peter de Heywood, who was hviiig
VOL. II.] F

84

^titta Cnttixmin.

left bv Rich. Whitehead, 50^;^ Rich. Haworth, lOO';^ Jam: Smith,
10'.

Tliia Chap, [el] was bmlt by Rob. Heywood of Hcywood Esq.
au.[iio] 1640, but never conaecrated. The designed eodowm* of

in the year 1276, 4tU Eilward I. and was tlicn seized of tlie Till of Hrywood, whicli
continued in tha nninttfrruptod poeseseion of his descendants until tlii: jcar 1717,
when the hall and a good ostalo wore conTcyed, bj sale, to Jolm Starky of Kochdalo
GcDt.

Buues states tbat tliii Chsprl was biult in 1611, which is incorrect, as it appears
in Baiton's Map r,f Laucasliiro pnbUeLcd in 1 ST7 i aod Ure. Agnes Bndelyflb of
Uarlanil, widow, Ibstes \>j Will dated Ifttb July 1592, " for thu rcpaircs of liuric,
Ratchdalo, and Myddleton Church, and every of them, vi'' Tiii'- and to Hcywod
Chappel ij'-" — Lane. USS. vol, vi. p. 2-17.

In 1616 the Farliamont assigned the tithes of Heywood, Bamfonl, Whittle, and
LoDiai to this Chapel, there being no glebe lands, and only "the use of £5 to sueh
Mill' ss doth officiate, being a Oulft given by Mr. Wm. Ilolnio Gent, dco* & reniMn-
ing in bis hands constantly tow^ thu maint* of a Preacher." In 1650 Mr. Jonathan
Bcholefield wu the Minister, orthodoi for diTinitj, well qualiGud for life and courer-
■ktion, and had the benefit of the tithes aforesaid, worth £22 per annlun, oat of which
be was required to pay Mrs. Tratls of Bury, 40g. a year. [See p. 28.] A mansion or
dwelling-house was formerly built by the inhabitants of Clie said Chspolry, and a
garden and one acre of ground anncicd, which the Ministers formerly enjoyed ; hut
this tmduwmeDt appears to hBTO been lost, and may hare been the one alluded to in
the leiL—Lamb. M83. in Lamb. Lib. toL ii. See also Walker's Sufferinsi of the
Clergy, and Calamy.

In 1717 the advowson of the Cliapel was coaveyBd by the Her. Hobert H^wood to
Mr. Storky, along with the soil and site upon which the Chapel was built, but the
patronage hu long been exercised by the Hector ofBury. — Lane. MSS. toI. itI. p, 113.

»Eichard Whitehead of Pilsworth in the parish of Bury Gent, by indenture dated
the eth of December 1671, granted to ccrtoin Truelees a rent charge of £6, payable
out of ** a messuage called Wallbank in the House* of the Hill, lying Dear Whitworth
in Spotland, in the pariab of Rochdale," a moiety thereof "to the use of such Minister
as ah' from tyme to tyme officiate & perform the Sorrice & Cure att the Chappell of
Heywood, k the other mojclie to the use of such Minister as »h^ perfonn the Serricc
ft Cure att the Chappell of Ashwortb, in the par. of Middleton," On the 10th of JiJy
1676, this benefaction was conflnncd by Thomas Whitehead of Field House or "Orer
th' Fields," (Orersfield belonged to Sir Thomas Pilkington at his attainder in I486,)
in Bury Gent, eldest brother of the said Riehard Whitehead, deceased, and by Honrj
Whitehead, his eldest son and heir apparent. Mary, daughter and heiress of Uenry
Whitehead Gent, and his wife, Mary, <laugbter of Bichard Lomai of Unsworth, [by
hi* wife, Isabella, daughter of James Chethom Esq, brother of the FarifSEB,] mar-
ried Hiles Loutdsle Esq. as actiro magiittale for the count; of Ismcwler, who died

BrAiirr^ of JHnncfieBtcr. 35

y Founder was lost, and y= Estate sold. It has now about 8'
p.[er] an.[uuni] belonging] to it, and contrib.[ution8 amoimting
to] about 8' more. H''ard.{en] ff'roe's Ace*- anlno] 1706. Pap,
Reg.

Ralph Berry gave 100' towards [the] Augm. [entatiou], aud 100'
more waa given an. [no] 1719 by 'Wil.[liam] Bamford Esq.* and
John Starkey,* [on condition, of appointing Mr. Nathan Stock.]

^^^ licmst to teach Boya "in ScholA de Heywood"" [was^ctmol,
%i^^ granted] au.[no] 1696. Y.[ide] Siibs.\cripti(m\ Book.

Van lOtb uf June 1723, and irhose descendant and repreMntotire a Juhn Fonnb^ of
Fonuby Esq. — Xaw. MSS. vol ii. p. II.

'EichardHaworthof Heap in thu pariah of Burj, yeoman, by Will daUtd lliB 3rd of
June I70i, atl«r lixtTuig to '\m cotuin, Jsnios Haworlh oftbu uitj of London, £10, in
fuU diflchnr^ of all cliuma on the estalt^, garo and doriiicd a measnagc and lands iu
Calloj-laue, in Spotlood, in the parish of Bochdftlo, in William Bamford of Bamford
Oi'Dt. Bobert FerdTtiU of Bamford, Yeoman, and OliTcr Lomax of Heap, Yeoman,
and to their heirs, in trust, to irmploj the issue* "for the solo use and benefit of EUuh
Curate, Minister, or Preaclier, as shall from time to time be appointed to otBuiatD &
serve at the ChnppttU of Heywood, and aa shall bo conformable to the liturgj k Serviiie
of the Cburch of Eng^ as by Law now Estab'' & not otherwise. And if any Onratu or
Min' shall bo imposed on the b* ChappoU or shal] offleiata tbero who slmll not be con-
formable as af then my s' Trust^ea shall diapoeo of all the a^rentg & profits as tbey
shall think Ht." — i-iw. MSS. vol. ii. p. 11.

* William, eon and huir of Samui'l Bamford of Bamford G«nt, and hia *ifi% Susanna,
daugbler of Mr. Riuhard Lomai of Bury, succeeded bis fctber in 1702, was an active
magistrate for the county, and died without male issue in 1T5T.

' John Starky Esq. second son of Johu Star^ of Fenniogton, waa bom in January
167&, and married in 1713 Mary, daughter of Joseph Qreggo of Chamber Hall, near
Oldham Esq. and widow of Thomas Hindle}' junr. of Birubooley, near Boehdole, Gent.
Ho died in 17't9.

" A bay of building, and a chamber o\et it, hod been eroot«d on the north side of the
Chapel, by John Starky stmr. Esq. before 1737, and usud as a School, to which James
Louvasliire left by Will, £50, and the said Mr. Starky gave £50, which money, at the
request of the Bcv. Nathan Stook M.A. Minister of Heywood, was intoeled in a rent
charge of £5 per annum on some houses in Hejwood, payable tu a Master nominated
by tho owner of Ileywood IIoU, to teach children in the principlea of the Church of
England,

86 ^tttta etfittimMn.

eweefim^ Certif.[ied] y* nothing
certain belongs to it. It is 4 m. [lies]
from Bury.

1 Warden, an. [no] 1673. V.[ide] Eatonfield.

j^(b0oL ^^^ txt is a Coiirt House, built by [the] E. [arl] of Albemarle,
«SJQ [in] 1664, sometimes used to teach School in, but at present
[there is] no Master. 1718.

' Patron Saint unknown. Value in 1834, £150. Begisten b^gin in 1726.

Boger de Montbegon, who died 10th Henry III. gave to the Priory of St. Mary
Magdalen, of Monk Bretton, in the county of York, the whole Forest of Holeoombe
and Common of Pasture within certain bounds. At the Dissolution, Holcomb, in the
township of Tottmgton, was conreyed, by sale, to John Braddyll of Whalley G«nt.

The royal Manor of Tottington was given by the Crown to Monk, Duke of Albe-
marle, and is now in the possession of the Duke of Buccleuch, to whom the Albemarle
possessions descended. The Court House still remains near the Chapel, and wm
originally one story high. It is still used as a School.

In 1645 Mr. Thomas NuttaU of Tottington, and Mr. Richard Booth of Booth,
were ordered by the Parliament to pay their tithes to the Minister of Holcomb; but
in 1650 there was no Minister at all, owing to the entire want of an endowment, al-
though Walker states that Mr. Gilbody was sequestered by the Classis, and Calamy
records that Mr. Henry Pcndlebury, one of the best of the Presbyterian Ministers,
was ejected from this wealthy benefice in 1662. Half of the tithes of Tottington
were given by John, Duke of Lancaster, to the Church of Prestwich, and confirmed
by Edward II. In 1650 Mr. Isaac Allen, Clerk, leased the same to John Greenhalgh
Esq. late of Brandlcsome, and of the Isle of Man, for the term of his life, and Bichard
Holte of Ashworth Esq. then received them in right of his father-in-law, the said Mr.
Greenhalgh. — Lamb. MSS. vol. ii.

The Bev. C. Barret, Curate of Holcomb and Edenfield, stated on the 13th of June
1717, before the Bishop of Chester's Commissioners, that the parish of Bury extended
more than four miles above Edenfield Chapel, that the Liberties belonging to
Holcomb and Edenfield were computed to be a third part of the whole parish of
Bury, and that the said Chapels were two miles distant from each other. This wm
attested upon oath by Dionysius Howorth, John Haworth, Oliver Kay, and James
Gorton. At that time the Chapel was reported to have been originally built as a prison,
and that the lords of the Manor had exercised the feudal privilege of executing their
prisoners here. The original building was forty-nine feet long by twenty-three feet nine
inches, and ten feet nine inches in height. The pulpit, screen, and some of the oak
benches, were set up in 1696. The whole was enlarged and pewed in 1714, when s
reading-desk and warden's pew were erected, out of old benches. The Chapel was
raised and again enlarged in 1774, and now seats two hundred and thirty-four persons

ZHfiinrri) of manc^rstrr.

H lESN,' certif.[ied] IS'lQ'-OO'i, viz. paid by Improp. V B.

[riator] 101; left by Mrs. Anne Mort, S'lS'; SuBm.

lQt.[crest] of 101, [viz.'] 12'; aCottage in [the] Church- '^' z<..

yard, 12=j Siirp.[lice] fees, 5'. The House and Lands ^m. ... nw

— -•■■— 1
on the ground-floor, and ecTPntj'six m the gidlerios, aome o( tlio pewa being Iwonlj- DiH. M. P.

one inches wide.

1 Dedicated to St. Mu?, Value in 1S34, £213. Bcgistcn bogin in 1637.
Middle Hiilloii, where Conrta ate held, ia the chief Manor, and the other ]£anon
are apparent!; onl; aubinfuudatioDS exercising no Manerinl rights. Iii ISll QeolH'ej
de Woralej obtained the Manor of Middle Hollon in eichango with Eichard do llul-
ton, and from the WoralcyB it passBd, after eerenil intermediBte descent*, to Lord
Chanpellor Ellesmere, whose descendant, Pmnois, the last Duke of Bridgowater, dying
a.p. in 1S03, devised it Co his Dophcw, the Bight Uon. Francis I.evison 0ower, ta'ealed
Earl of Ellesmere and Tiscoiint BracUuy m 1S46.

Bean, having do Parochial rights, is not included in Pope Nicholes' Vaior in 1291,
and jet in the beginning of the thirteenth centurj there was a Chapel and burial
ground hero, called "St. Marjden," as Thomas de Ferpoint bj deed s.d. gnro all his
lands "adjoining the Chapel and its cemetery," to the Abbey of Stanluw, and Robert
de elreUe, Lord of Manchester, who ob. 12th Edward I. (1283,) confirmed the gift
4 Edward I. 1275. — Coueher Boot of Whalley Abbejf, ya\. L pp. GO, 61. Dean con-
tinued to be a Chapelry in the parish of Ewles, as lalv as the year 1621, as in the
Compotus of Whulley Abbey in that year "Ecdcuin de Eccles et Capclla de Dcyne"
occuTi but before the year IG38 it had become an independent parish, and on the
dissolution of Whalley Abbey, the adTowson of the Church and Vicarage of Dean
beouoe icalcd in the Crown.

It was found in 1650 that Mr. Anderton of Lostoclf, then sequestered for his delin-
qncncy, was impropriator of the tithes of Dean, which were paid annually to Mr. John
Tildesley, a painful preaching Minister, then Inenmbent, by virtue of an ordinance of
Parliament. The tithes amounted to £154. Ss. 8d. per annum, which Mr. Tildesley
was required to disburse as fotlowi : —

£. B. d.

TothoEeooiTer ofyState 40

To Mr. Horrocks, Minister of West Hoghton Chapel 40 O

TolbeMin'of Honrieh Chapel 20

To s* Mr, Tildesley 60

BaserTBdofoldasbFlongatoTicar 10

Said Vicar also receives &om Mr. Wm. Lei^ of Weit Hogh-

Ion, by way of preftcript" for tilhea 13 4

Tithes, worth in kind 20

Mr. TildvslcT was held accountable to the State for Ihe rerenkm of the aud lum of

SS ilotitia Crfitricnsis.

poasessed by y" pres-Leut] Vicar, were purchased by y* inltab.
[itants], and are enjoyed by hiin during [their] pleasure.'

Augm. [ented] with 107' in money, and [a] messuage and lands
to [the] val.[ue of] 4201, by Tlio. Brown and others, an.[no] 1714.
The Lands were given formerly to this or other char, [itable] uses,
at y" discretion of y" Trustees, who, by [a] Decree in Chancery,
approp. [riated] y" to y" Vicar of Dean for ever. Upon w^'' [the]
Gov* of [Queen Anne's] Bounty gave 200'.

Patron, the Crown. V.[ide] Present. [ation of Wm. Rothwell^
in] 1542. In8l.[itution] B.[ook'] i. p. 7.

£154. 3b. 8d.~Lamb. MSS. vol. ii.; lee Walker's SMffiri»gt of the Cteryy, p. 41, tor
Kline Buuoiuit of Mr. Tildeale;,

Hr. Tildesk'^ , in the yeu 16<>0, wag pluntijr in a suit, whiuh had beea going on for
MTeral jesr* in lii« nwno, in the Duuhj Coiirl of Lancastpr, on behalf of the Sehool of
Deouand the Poor of Bumworth, agMnat MilliCHUt Worthington, widow of Ralph Wor-
thiogton, ciecutor of James Crompton, brother and eieirutor of Dr, Ralph Crompton,
and recoiered £442, which was inveited iu lands in TottiDgton, though not mimliDned
in thu tMt. — Seep.iO.

'The RcT. Richard Halton, Vicar, stated iu a letter to Dr. Wroo, dated Febriiary
25tb 1707-8, that he lecoifed £10 a jear from the House of Loelook, the imprupria'
tors, in consideration of all thetithra, great aod small i that he also roooived £2. 16s. a
;ear from the Feoffeoa entrusted with the moneys, left manj years ago, vii. in 1671,
by Mrs. A.nne Morte of Little Hill^n, to be diatribut«d to pious uses, and somo
years since laid out apon land in Oroft, in Ihuparish of Winwick; that Jolin Famworth
of Little Hilton Gent left £10 to the Vicar, and the iutorest amounted to 12s. a year g
but that the house and lands which bo oct.'upied wore purchased by the parisbiuDers
of Dean, and were not anoeied to thu Vienrsge, but wert' given to the Vicar, or de-
tained, at pleasure. — Dr. Wnw'u HISS. Segitlry, Cheitrr.

"Doane Iti<ctory. Tithrs in the luwnship of Westhaughton. See the case of
Loigh v»r»M Maudsley, 18th of February 1730. Bunbury, 380."— Ducarel's Sep.
Lami. Library.

* Mr. William RotliwcU is perhaps only mcmornble as buying had, Khilst Vimr of
Dean, George Marsh for bit Curutu. This holy martyr, of whom sufficient is known
to make the reader of his life deaire more cilended details, none of vhlcb oiiat in the
Bishop of Cheater's Court, was bom at Dean, and lived there aoveral years with his
wife and fiimily. He is described as having been grave, inquisitive, and studious.
On the death of his wife, be applied himself entirely to the acquisition of learning, en-
tered tbe llDiveraity of Cambridge, and was ordainud Deacon, and afterwards Priest.
tn I55B he una eonrened before the Earl of Derby, and eiaminud by bim on paints of
Popish doctrine. Uc was afterwards urged by ihe Vicar of Preteot and tbe Ministtr

Stamx's of iNanctirstrr.

39

[The] Parish [ia] divided into 4 quarters: West Houghten [is] ^atmuf.
1 fourth; [the] 3 Hultons another; Paniworth, Rumivorth, and
Kersley, a third; Heaton, Honrich, [and] Halliwell, a fourth.

Church w. [ardens] 11. Every Hamlet [having] one; chosen by
house-row. Owij/". [ted] a«.[*io] 1724. An. [no] 1G93, [there
were] 9 Wardens.

Seats — Hulton,* Peel,* Pamworth,* Brinsop, Smethilla,' jgalU.
[Heton.]8

of OrnppEMihnll to deuUre hia opmioiu moro flillj and clearlj, which ho did. Bod
vaa i^ununitttd to laucaater Cuatlo. Whilst thore Dr. Colos, Bishop of ChMtfr,
hod int«niewB with him, uid acmsed him of here*;, upon which CbSDceUor Wilma-
law, tho brother uf Bishop Bonner, nfter tmriog ueod mu<^h Mwerity towards the
priBOncr, senteDced him to bo burnt at ■ itake, at Boughtan, near (heater, April S4th
1565.

* Hulton Park is the wnt of William Hultfn Eiq. Constable of Lancstter Ciwtle,
the tirenty-foiirth in duseent from Blethjn de Hulton, living iu the reign <jf Uonrj 11.
(See CuBcAer Book of H'AaWey Abbej/, ToL i. p. 52.) The ancient Hall, with a do-
mestic Chapal attached, has been superseded by a modem house.

' Peel Hall was rebuilt in 1634 by Oeoi^ Bigbye, fourth son of AJeiander Rigbve
of Middlelon Esq. and oonveyed in marriage, in 1657, by his lolo daughter, Alice
Kigbye, to Soger Eenjon Esq. M.F. His descendant, Lloyd Kenyon, was appointed
Chief Justice uf the Court of King's Beovh, and (Teat«d Bnroa Eenyon, in 1788.
He was sueeceded in 18()2 by his son Qcorgo, the prencnt and second Lord Eenyou,
D.C.L., F.S.A.

< Famworth Hall waa (he sent of a branch of the parent stock of Hulton, settled
hero in the 4th Edward 11. and continued to be the rotidi-nee of the family in the
S5th of Eliiabeth, shortly after which it waa abandoned to decay, and is now occupinl
as cottages. It is the property of the Earl of BrudJord.

' Smclhills Hall waa the residence of William de HadcIilTe, s

lofE

a younger

son of Richard de Badeliffe of RadcUffe Tower, in the lime of Edward III. a
conveyed by Joanna, daughter and heiress of Sir Bapho BadcUile, (living in 1177,)
to her husband, Halph Barton of Holme Esq. nftoF 29th Henry YL. Sir Andrew
Barton rebuilt much of the Hall in the time of Henry VII. Grace, solo daughter
and heiress of Sir Thomas Barton, (ub. 1G5S,) married Henry Betasyse M.F. eldest
son of Thomas, first ViacounC Fauconbcrg, whose descendant, Thomas, the third
Earl, in 1721 sold the Manor of Suictliills, which afterwords passing into the Byrom
family, of Manchester, was sold for £21,000 to Eichard Ainsworth of HalhwoU Esq.
who died in 1B33, and whose son, Peter Ainsworth Esq, U.P. now possesses and
occupies the hall. An ancient domestic Chapel adjoins the ball, which is still used.
In the east window there are numerous armorial emblaxonings.

40

iHotttia CrairirnRtst.

BMg n this Pariflli are 4 Schools, ouc an antient structure
T^& (reported to have beeu built by one Tho, Leigh,) iu
Rumworth. Sal.[arT] to [the] Master, 9' p-[er] au.[iium], viz,
7' p-[er] an.[iium] in Totingtoii, bought w"" money [50'] given
by Ralph Crompton [of Manchester M.D. by will dated the 8th
of July 1633]; and 2' p.[cr] an.[num] rent charge in Windle,
(Prescot Par.)[i8h], by whom given not known. [The] School
[is] free to [the] Inhab.[itaats] of this TownsP only. [The]
Master [is] nom. [inated] by Mr. Richardson, [the] only sur-
viving Trustee.

Another School [has been] lately erected by Mr. [Henry] Hul-
ton of Hulton. [The] Master has nothing but what he pleases to
allow him. An. [no] 1718.

[A] S"^ School [has been] lately erected here by [the] Contrib.
[utions] of [the] Inhab. [itants] . Only 2'-15"-p.[er] an.[num]
[is allowed] to [the] Master, out of an Estate at Warrington,
givenbyMrs, A. [nneJMort; and l'-5"- [in] small contrib. [utions],
Nochild [to be] free. The Master [is] nom. [inated] byG.[eoi^e]
Kenyon [Esq. of Peel], and Mr. [Richard] Edge.

[A] 4* School in this TownsP [was] lately erected [in 1715,]
by [the] eoutrib. [utions] of [the] Neighbourhood. [There is]
no settled mainteuauee for a Master.

An. [no] 1711 [the] Curate of Dean [was] chosen by [the]
Goldsmiths' Comp.[any] to teach y* Free School of Dean. F.[irfe]
Mem.[orandum'\ B.[ook]. Q.

An. [no] 22, Jac. I. [An] Inquis,[ition was made] bef.[ore the]
Bp &c. ab* misemployed money given tow.[ard8] a School at Dean
Church. MS. Hulm 98, A. 16, 37.

* Heton IlrtU wns for severnl ccnturioe the rcaidenre of d ftirail; of the sumo uamp,
of wtuL-b was Martin Ualoa D.D. Bisliop uf EI7, «0D of Oeorga Uetun Esq. und bis
wifp, JubsDus, dnugbtcr of Sir Htirtiii lionis Knt. Lord Mnyor of London. Uc wu
bom in 1653, and died in IGOD. The Bishop was a fat muD; anil Janica Iho First
complimenlwi him by Mjing, "Fat men are ajit to make Icnu senuonsi bul joufs
■te Dot lean, but larded with good Icanting!"

Oriinrrs of ^anriirstct'.

41

H^ fticn by Mr. John Guest 601, [the] Iiit.[crest] to be laid out G&arUirt.
■Hi in Linen Cloth -.^ by E. [alph] and Jam. [es] Cromptou 8'
p.[er] an.[num] out of an Estate in Totington: by J.[ohn]
RishtOD [of Farnworth] 40', [the] lnt.[ere8t] to [be given to
the] Poor of Farnworth, in 1700.

An. [no] 22 Jac. 1. [An] Inquis. [ition taken] ab' misein-
ployed money given to [the] Poor of Rumworth. MS. Hulm
98, A. 16, 36.

|g^ @K£2S£C16.' Certif.[ied] by [the] augm.
1^^ Vicar of Dean y' tlierc is about 9' tCaiant. 1,

' Thie KCCount of Queat's donatiou clears the doubts of the Charily Corauii»«ioucra, Fntmut m.i
n their 19U Etport in IS27, iM)uId not oscortsiu oitluT the donor's niuto or tlic Halt Dlu.

dat« of the benofaotion.

■ Dedicated to the Hoi; Trinity. Value in 1834, £220. Registers bcgio in 1G05.

The foreat of Uorwiuh beloDged to the Orellcya, Lord* of Manchester, from a very
early period, and was sixteen mites in eircumfereuce, being guarded by three foresters.
The irild boars, falLMns, and aeriea of BDglo, haTe, however, long since disappeared;
and as early a» the reign of Henry VIH. Uorwiuh had its spinnerB of yarn. These
ha*e largely inciwasod in modern tiroes, and Cotton Facloriee and Bh«ch Work* Uavfl
superseded the more hardy iind innocent pursuits of on earlier period.

The Manor is in the possession of Lord Camoys' fiiinily, by tlie Will of Henry
Blondeli of Ince Blundell Esq. dated S4th July 1809, «hereliy be devised the Munors
of Loetocli, Anderton, Heatoo, Horwieh, Rumworth, uid Adliogtou, in the eoulity
of Lancailcr, and about six thousand acres of liuid, mines, kc., to his dauglilers,
Catherine, wife of Thomas Slonor of Stonor Esq., father of Thomas, Lord Camoys,
and Elizabeth, wife of Stephen Tempest of Broughlon Esq. and thetr heirs in tail
male, in fee. This Will led to a trial at Uw at the assiics at Lanesster, in I6I2, the
plaintiff being Charles Robert Blundell Esq. son of Ihe leslator, against whom a ver-
dict was giroD establishing the valiiUty of tbe Will, which was again oonllrmed by a
decree of the Court of Chancery on the 18th of April, 1815.— See Skphtoh.

Horwieh Chapel existed in 1665, a« the Commi^isiDners for removing Snpcnititioua
Omamenti) informal the Bishop of Chester that they had " taken away from Hor-
Wjch Chappel, veslmenl, albe, altar-cloth, oorporasae, and other idolatrous gear;"
from which it might appear that the Hinisler and people were thouglit to bev at that
time, Fopishly more than Puritauicallj adeeted.— AfS. in the Segittiy at Cbeiler.

In 1650 Ihe Oiapel was supplied " every Sabbath ordinarily by Mr. Krnry Pendlo-
bury CA. Freochiir, who is a painful, godly preaehinge Min', and wlio linth not for
the present any tnayuteaanec or sallary but oncly the benevolence of the Iiibab".
VOL. n.] o

42 ilJititia ecstrtciiflis.

p.[er] an.[uum] Irelong. [ing] to this Chap, [el,] being y^ Int.
[erest] oflQOi called "Chap.[el] Stock;" but y« Traetees for this
money being Dissenters, they refuse to give an Aecount of it, or
to pay y« Curate, tlio' it was paid during y Reigns of Cha.[rle8]
2, Jam.[es] 2, and some part of K.[ing] William['s reign,]
V.[ide] Vic' LeU.[er}. Sep. 21, 1717.

This is an ancient Chap. [el] and [is] consecrated; [it] has no
endowm' but money in Stock y' yields 10' or II' p.[er] an. [num.]
[It is] now in a Dissenter's hands." IVar. [dtn] Wroe's Ac<^- 1 706.
V.[ide] Pap. Reg.

This Chap.[el,] (as y Vicar saycs in his Lctt.[cr,] 1717,)' has

There wna a donation of £100 heretofore giTen by the well aflijoted of the Chapelrj,
in the hands of Rich" Bolt of Ashn-ortb Eaq. who halh detayned the >ame for 5 or S
J", and Ellis Bcoulie uid W" ajid John Qrenehalgh, (whose naineB the Bond from
M' Holt pontainn,) are in suit at present ab' it." — Lamb. MSS. vol. ii.

The old Chapel wm taken down in 1831, and the present Church built by Parlin-
mentary grant and subicription, the Srst stone being laid May 21st, 1830, on a new
lite, by Joseph Ridgway of Ridgemont Esq. a principal benefactor.

' The old Chapel contained the moonnient of George, scTODteenth Baron Willoughby
of Farbam, who died at BiTington in 1779, and ifbb interred here, when the Dsrony
be<tame extinct. This family became eonneetMl with Honrich by the marriage of Sir
ThomaB Willoughby with Eleanor, daughter of Hugb Whittle of Horwieh, of arurilan
family, whose religjoua opiuions were emhrared by Sir Tbomaa, who was erroneously
sumtnone<l to the House of pMrs in 1686, ae tlie eleventh Baron Willoughby of Par-
ham. The title was ill-supported, without an oitale, by sereral Presbyterian Lords
Willooghby, until 1765, when the right heir w»« reslorcd, — but only to continue for

, ■ Tho followbg is the iotter alluded (o, addressed to the Hev. Dr. Wroe, Warden of
Manehester, by the BeT. James Rothwell, presealod by Queen Anne to the Vicarage
of Dean in 1712, and who died there in 1767 : —

"Bolton, Sep. 21, 1717.
"Est'' 8',

" I thought it uecmtary to send yon y' following account of Horwieh Chappel,
w''' I deniiv you to transmit to my Lord Bishop of Chester. This Cbnppel Is three
mile* distant from j" Parish Church, & y* rexenue belonging to it is commonly said
to be about 9 or 10" p. aim. being y* IntcreBt of about 200'' belonging to it, & tor a
more fiill proof of y, T here give my following Testimony,

"But in y' first place it may bo coDTeaiciit to acquaint you y' y* Chappel has for
abote y' 20 years last paat been in y* hiinda of y* Dissenters, tbro' y' eoutrivanct' of
■ Ut« Ijord Willoughby, &. y' conuiruoe of my PrDdecesiaur: [Bicbanl Hatton,

k

ISranrrit of fiUmth^attr.

43

I -for above 20 y.[ears] past been in y" hands of Dissent*. But
\ iipou y" Vicar's notice to y" Teacher to quit it, accord, [ing] to
I [au] Order of [the] Bp, an.[no] 1716, he submitted; and it

has been served ever since by a Curate of y* Ch.[urch] of Eng.

[land, the] Vic.[ar] allowing him 2' p.[er] an.[num,] besides

8urp.[liee] fees, v'\ w"'Contrib.[utionSj] come to about 14' p.[er]

an, [num] .

Augmented with 300' an. [no] 1723; 100" raised by [the] Viear

and others, and 100' [given] by Lady Moyer.*

_ l^jKjinted Vicar in 1673, who refused to ronoimce the CotohbdI, but was, nevertbefeag,
I iutituted 1>j Biahop Pmrson.] But v* m; Lord B' of Chisl^r vu u]>on his Ti^ila-
' tion at Muichcatcr, I Bcquiiiii(«d his Lordship w"' ;■ matter, and liia Lonlshtp com-
manded me to give M' Walker j' Di»««nting Teaoher notice to deBiiit, vr'"" accordingly
I did, L he Bubmitted to hia Lordship's Commands. InHuedifltoly after y' I put into
J* Chappel a Conformable Clergyman, who hs« eupplycd y* Cure eret «ince, w^ \t
nboTe one whole year ; and tho' I gBTe him j" SurpliL* Dues of y* Chappolray sr*
i» all j' belongs to me ill y' part ofy' Parish, & two pounds p. sun. besides, yot y' w*^
his contributions, w'^'' is all y< he has had to subsist on thus far, has not HSweded 1^:
And when he demanded y' Interest of y* Chappel Stock during j' time of his Incnm-
bency, the Trustees for y* money being Dissenten, tell him the; will not pay it, liU
L ilbey be forced to do it. Now one of these Trustees has told me, &, several othcra, j'
I If* Chappel Slock is one hundred & ninety pounds -, & about two months ago he
F ahewed 3ome bunds y' was made unto Tiim upon y' account, to y* Sum of abont
80": And there are now aereral living witness^, y' can i. do testify, y' y* Interest
of y* i° Chappel Slock, waa paid to Episcopal conforming Clergy num, y< ofBciated
at Horwioh Cliappel during y" Heigns of King Charles y" 2*; King James y* 2^;
And till some time afler y* Rerolution ; and tho' y' money as its said was given
to al] intents & purposes towards mentaining a Curate y' should supply y' s' Chappel,
yet both against jostioe t honesty these Trustees have sent me word, y' they will
build a meeting house v"' part of j" money, & apply j" remaining part towards Sup-
porting a Presbyterian Teaoher; w' now is to be done in y* oHoir, I humbly desire my
Lord Sf of Cheater's opinion & direction, w" your own,

"Who am your most Humble

& most obedient 6erv' ;

"Ja: Bothwell."

"For
The Bererend Dr. Wroe,

Warden of Manehester."
* This benefcctor was supposed to be Bishop Oastrctl, (see Hodgson's Atvotmt of
lie Avgnmntatum qf Livings iy the Govmwri of Quern ABHe'i Bovnti/, p. 113.) but
the Text assigns the gift to a liberal [riend of that Prelate. Lady Moyer was Bebeoca,

^i ^Otitis ^CHtTfnwfti.

Aii.[no] 1724, Recovered by [a] Decree of [the] Commiss.
[ioners] for Char, [itable] Uses, 200', and 80', for arrears of Int.
[crest,] from [the] Dissent, [era] in whose hands y" Chap, [el]
money was lodged; but y 80' was most of it [used] to defray
[the] charges of [the] Suit and pay y» Curate who officiated, soe
y' 2001 only remains for Stock.

[A] Curate [was] Licenced to Horwich an.[no] 1702. Sub».
[criptioH] jB.[oo*].

An.[uo] 1673. 1 Warden sworn. Chosen by house-row.'

3 m.[iles] from [the] Parish Church.

A Meeting [House] ab' half a mile from y Chap. [el.]

4

. ^^^ 'dciE ire sev.[cral] Legacyes to Charitable Uses; being all
'^^i in y hands of Dissenters, tliey will give y* Minister no
account of y". [The money is] said to be no more y" 15', [the]
Int.[ere8t] of w^ is [to be] given to y" Poor. Vic Ace'- an.
[no] 1724."

daughter of Aldernmn Sir William JoUffo, and married Sir 3nmnpi Mojer of Pit»ey
Hall in Kaan, ShcriO' of tbo coiintj in 1698. He wae a weallhj Turli^ merchant,
and obtained a Buronctc; in 1701, but djing witliQUt male innne, the title elpinxl
with him, in 1716. Ladj Mojer contribut«l Inrgelj to tlip aiigmentalion of several
unnll livings in the eounly of Somerset, in 1721, and toft a legacy for a simiUr pur-
pose, whioh wae uppropriated according to her Will by her beneyolent daughter, Mm.
EliiB Jenyn«, in llZi and 1725. Lady Moyer aUo founded, about the year 1720, a
licoture in St. Paul's Catliedral, in defence of some of the most ritnl doctrines of
Cbristianily, which at that time wero opcivly and insiciiounly impugned. The Lectures
continued for a certain term of years i the laat of the series being proaebed, but not
published, bj the Hev. PcMt Ncweome L.L.B. Rector of Sbonley, who died in 1797.
Amongst the most lenmed imd eiaet of the Moyer Lectures are those by Dr. Walor-
land and Mr. Wheatley.

' In Vicar EothweU'e Letter lo ChaneeUor GsstrcQ dad-d 17Z2, he addn, "ehoien by
house-row, except some material objection lie against 'em." ^ Gnstrell's HtSS. Srgit-
try. Cheater.

'No mention being madeof theae Horwich Charities in the 19fA Sfport iiflht Cam-
mimmen, it nuy be assumed that tbey were lost.

Bcancrs of Jt9anrt)raUr. 45

S^2'-l'-6'i, yj2_ II. 10a, [the] Iiit.[erest]
of 30'; y» 20'*' part of an Estate left by Mr. Crook of Abrara,
ll'-6^ P-[Gr] aii.[ntim]. Ancient and consecrated.'' About 50'
in Stock belongs to it. [The] Contrib. [iitions] have been usually
201 p. [cr] an.[num] ; but are now much lesse. H''ard.[en] IVrot's
Ac&- an. [no] 170e. Pap. Reg.

An.[no] 1G73. 1 Warden.

[There are] 2 Wardens, who serve for y' Chap, [el] as well as
y« Church, chosen by house-row, if no objection be made by the
Vicar.

Tills TownsP is one fourth part of y« Parish. [It is] 2 m.[iles] tratontf. 1.
from [the] Par.[ish] Church.

Augm.[ented] an.[no] 1719 w'h land to [the] val.[uc] of 2001,
taken off from a Common and enclosed.^

There is a good House built for y" Curate.

' Dedicstwl to St. Marj, [Ecton ;] St. Bartholoraew, [Baine*.] Value in 1834,
£149. BegiBton begin in 1732.

W»t UalghtoD or WcBthoughtoa, wsa s Manor bdongiiig to the Abbef of Coker-
«and before the time of Bithard U.j and having bocoma Teeled in the Crown on the
diisolulion of that Abbey, was alionatri by Henir VIII. on the 9t.h of March 1545,
to Laun'nm BuWBthomo of NnwbaU Esq. for £600, from nboec jkmily it pnescd to
Jamcii Brovtne uf Eibblelon Oent. before 1582, aud in whow descendants it remained
in the 11th CharlM 11. The Rigbt Hon. the Lord Skdmersdah; now holds il, in fee,
from the Croffn.

) The Chapel existed in I57T> and in 1650 was supplied by Mr. Horrockg, "godly
and orthodox," who roceired £1. 13a. id.&om one Mr. Raphe Holdeu, for two lirei,
and the intenwt of £6 in itoek given by Qeorge Marab, and then in his hfuids, in
addition to £40 per annum, out of the Rectory, formerly Mr. Anderton'i. — LatiA.
MSS. vol. ii. In 1662 the Chapel was covered with thatch, and in the midst of
moors, but was rebuilt in 1731, through the eicrtiona of tho But. Jomea Rotbwell,
BRy-Sre years the useful Vicar of Deun, a man deitcroku in the management of bis
own affairs, and always alive to the interesta of the Chorch.

* On a division of the Commons in the time of Mr. Orme, who died about the year
1730, certain lands were allotted to thii Living, then worth £(! a year. — Mr. Doming
Rosbotham's MSS, The text furnishes the precise date, and also the value of the
lands. In 1726 other waste lands were allotted to the Living. Hodgson's AceoaiU
of Aiffwentaliom, p, 148.

floiitia CrstrirnsfB.

eClLSS.' Certif.[ied] 45l-15'-01^, viz. Glebe, U
acreSj 21'; Pens. [ion] from [the] Improp. [riator,] (S''
Jam.[es] Anderton,) lei-lS'-*"; Rent of Eleven Cot-
tages, 2I17"-!''; Surp.[lice] Fees, 6'. Ded.[uct]
15» ■ 4^ for Proc [iirations] and Syn.[odal8. In the Terrier of
1705, it is stated that the Vicar has no Tithes, nor are there any
Estates in the Parish tithe free ; neither has the Vicar mortuaries,
obhitions, obveutions, or herbage. He has liberty of a little Com-
mon called the Warth, lying at the river side of the Irwcll, and a
propriety in the Waste, with the other Charterers, together with
the herbage of the Churchyard.]

Near 801 p.[cr] an. [num.] fVarden JVroc'a Actf- 1706.
Patron, the Crown.^

' Dedicated to St. Marj. Tslue in 183*, £500. BagiBlere begin in 15C3.

EccIbi gires namo to no township, but the villagD forms tlie cbbIctu centre of Beve-
ral tOHnahips, and [he Chureh \» situated in tho Township of Bortoa. BnKon was u
mumbcr of the Baronj of Mancbeslcr, and so were Monton^ Irwelhajn, and probably
the greater puH: of tho Parish, u deaoribed in the Suire}' of that groat Lordship in
the ISth Edward II. The Biibinfeudation is thus detailed in the Tetta df Neeiir—
•• GUbert dc Barton holds a knight's fee and a half in Barton of the fee of Tbo. Gretlaj,
and he of tho Eail of Fcrrera, and the latter in ebief of tho King."

In Ihe SOth Edward I. the Manor of Barton paascd in marnnge willi Loretta,
daughter and heiress of Agnea, daughter and heiress of Sir Gilbert de Barton, to
John, son of Tbonma do Booth. The direct male lino of the Booths, aftCT producing
two Arehbishops, a Bishop, and sundr; Ecclcsiaetica] Dignitaries, became uitinct on
the death of John Booth Esq, on tbe 9th of May 1570. He hifl four daughters, his
coheiresses, amongst whom his estates were divided. MBTgorot married in IBth
Elizabeth, being then "aged twelve years and upwards," Edmund Trafibrd of Traf-
ford, knighted at York on the 17th of April 1003, whose reprosentatiTO is the prc-
soBt Lord of tbe Manor of Bartonj Anno married about 1578, Ocorge Leigh of High
Leigli Esq. whoso descendant now possesses Barton Halli Dorothy marriod John
Molyneux of Scilon; and Katheriue, the fourth, died unmarried, about the 2&t\i
Elizabeth.

» The adTowson of tho Church of Ecclca was purchased of Gilbert de Barton, and
given, with its Chapels, to the Abbey of Stanlaw by John do Lasey, Earl of Lincoln,
according to Mr. Hulton, in lii^.—Covclmr Book of mialieii Abbiy, vol. i, p. 36. It
appears, however, that Geofltoy dc Byron, Clerk, in 1193 obtained a mediety of Ibe
Church, with two cloBes and two putures, trom Edilb de Barton and Bobcrt de

JUcanci'P of iUaiictentcr. 47

[A] Vicar [was] pi-esented aii.[no] 1504 by [the] Abbot and
Conv. [eiit] of Wiialley. Itisl.[ilulion] B.[ook,'] i. p. 2.

Btm rcnmin«.

"The appruprlution of tho Church of EucIob (o tho Abbo; of Stanlawo bj Alex.
BLihop of Corentiy and Lituhfleld, U printed (&om the original nor, 1770, in the
Auginent«tion Office,) in Madoi's Formulare, p. 303, i>,ixx, et Dat. apud Susiam
4 kal. Jan. Pant, lui anno xi." — Ducarel's Bepeii. Lami. Libr. And for the triple
ordination of the Vicaragea of Rochdale, Eculea, and BUokbum, by Soger Meulanii,
Binhop of Lichfleld and Coventry, on the 14tb kal. May 1277, eeo the Couc/irr Book
of Wialley Al.beg, lol. i. p, 85.

The Church of Eccles naa valued at £20 per annum in 1291.

The Parliamuntarj CommlBiionera found iu 1S60 that tbcro was a Tiisarage House
in fiartoD with aome Qlebe and Qsrdcna vrorth £19 a year, and that the Tithes nere
worth £169. 128. OJd. but aeqUEBtered to tho Commooiretdtb for the dKlinqaeoc; of
Christopher Anderton. The MiiuBtera were Mr. John Jones, and Mr. Edmund
Jonoa, bia bob, who had the Vicarage Houso aud QlBhe, and received from Mr.
Anderton a yearly payment of £18. Sinoo the yoar 1646 Mr. John Jones had
received from tbe State, £50 per annum, by way of augmcnttition, out of the scques-
tnrtions of tUe counly, — iamt. MSS. vol. ii.

Tho Tithes of the Rectory, after having been leaacd by the Crown for tema of
years, were eonveyed in 1010 to Morris and Phillips, tbe well-known IraffiulterB in
Church epoils, aud having pasBed through tho hnnda of Messrs. Downes and Mosley,
were bought by Junoa Anderton of Lostock Eeq. whose disoendajit. Sir Prancia
Anderton Bart, presented to the Living in 1T20-1, probably bj permission of the
Orovm. On the 8th of May 1723, Sir Laurence Anderton of Lostock Burt, and big
mortgagee conveyed the Bttitory to Francis Cotitone uf St. Andrevt's, Uolborn, in the
county of Middlesex, in fee; and on the 26th of August 176S, Mary Comyn, vridow,
(sole deviseo of the said Francis Colstone,) conveyed tbe some, oonsisting of all tho
groat and small, predial, persooal, mixt, and all other Tithes, to Kicbord Edenaor ot
Congleton in tho county of Chuster gent, and John Cooke of 9alf6rd gent, for tbe
sum of £5,000, aubject to an annual sum of £16. 13e. 4d. to tbo Vicar of Eceles, and
to a vety ancient payment for tho finding and providing wine for the Holy Sacrament
at the Parisli Church of Eccles, at Easter. The share of Mr. Edenaor poseed by his
Will dated the 3rd of October 1767, to his son, and was held in 1813 by his repre-
sentative. Sir John Edensor Heathcote Bart, and ia now the property of R. E.
Heathcote of Longton Hall in tbe county of Stafford Esq.; Mr. Cooko dying in-
Ustate, his portion of tho Rectory devolved to his son, James Cooke Esq. who, by
WiU dated the Uth of May 1810, devised it to his children, and it was tested in hit
daughter. Miss Susanna Dorothea Cooke of Pendleton, at ber dmtb in 1848.
There ore nine Chapels in this large Pari«b.

48

jlotitta (Frstrirnsts.

An. [no] 1559, the Crown presented lb. and ever since. In
1720 S' JV. Anderton; in 1722 [the] Crown. Ecton, p. 738.

[The] Church of Bethome in Westm. [oreland] was approp.
[riatcd] to [a] Chantry in this Church, an. [no] 1400. V.[ide]

• " Tliifl Church (Beothani,) with j" land otWeA HsTerbetli, kbs giren bj Ito TaJle-
boi» to y* Abbey of St. Marye's, York; but anno 1*60 it was appropriate'i to y"
Chanfry of St. Mary in y* Church of EobIbb, Com. Lane, rcserring convenipnt por-
tion for a Vioiir." — JZe^. R.T. MS. Eh. "Anno 38th HEiiry VI. j* ftdvow.on of
tliia Church waj granted by y' Abbot of St. Mnry's to Nic. Bryan and others,
reafirving ■IC per annum to be paid to y' Abbot." — i'a*. CTon*. m. 16, Tvr. London.
Bf aastrrll's MS. Notilia, Deanerg iff Kendall, p. 250. Thin Chantry wan foundod ■
by Lottera Patent in the 28th Henry VI. for two CboplaitiB, in the PariBh Chun.'h of
St. Mary the Virgin of Eci'le«, by William Bothe, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield,
John Byron Knt. (erronBOuily apelt " Byrom" and " Biyan" in the Sblilia,) brolhor-
io-law of the Bishop, Hichard Bothe Esq. Laureaee Bothe, Clerk, (auhsfquently
Archbishop of York,) nod Seth Worsley. This Chantry, on the north side of the
Chancel of the Church, aa well as the Porch, bdongs to Sir Thomas J. de TmSbrd
Bart. On the 27th of August 15SI6, it wns ordered " Ihat the settle adjoining to the
turn Qrcesc, and the higheiit settle upon the north side of the Church, both of them
next adjoining to the Cbappel of Barton, shall belong (o the House and Manor
of Barton, and to the heirs thereof." — Lane. MSS.

It had been «tated of Laureuoe Booth, Chnnoellor, and Archbishop of York, Ihat
" he had risen by merit from obBennty," and that his appointment to the Cham-eUor-
ihip turned out a grcsl failure, as lie had orery bud quality of a Jiidge.^Lord Cnmp-
bell'a Lieet of Ih Chancellori, vol. i, pp. 389-90. If "obseurily" of birth and
■talion is intendod, this atatement is made on maufficient authority. His father held
the Manor of Barton, which had desfeuded to liim &om his grandmother, the heiress
of Sir Gilbert de Barton, and having married Maud, daughter of Sir John SsTage of
Cliilan, he had become connected with some of the most arislocratic and poworlul
familiea in the Kortb of England, and hnd by this wife nii only son, the future Chan-
cellor, whose half-brother was Archbishop of York, and whow niece married Ralph
Nerill, Earl of Westmoreland, Few families can boast of ancestry less obscure than
the present representative of the Booths of Barton.

There was another and older Chantry founded in this Church apparently by the same
family, as in the 4Tth Edward ITI. Thomas de Booth, who huilt the Cliapel on Salford
Bridge, anil whose father had married the heiress of Barton, bequeathe*! his body by
Will to be buried before the Altar of St. Knlherino the Virgin in the Church of
Bccles, and to the two Chaphiina £8. 13b. 4d. to be paid upon the Attar of St. Ka-
therine, to pray for the souls of King Edward IH. Eoger U Warre, and Thomas de
Wyehe, Fanon of Manchester, and for the souls of his father, Soger de HtUton, and
■11 other benoGunors. He appointed Thomas de Wyche^ fieotor of the Church of

IStamrs of tHantt^ttiUr.

49

Presentation to a Chantry in this Church, founded in y" name
of Jesus and [of tlie] Blessed Virgin, by S' John Byrom, Patron
forone turn, an. [no] 15i2. Instil. [iition] B.[oolt,] i. p. 15.

An agreement [was] made by [the] lahah. [itanta] and con-
firmed by y" Bp, coiic. [eming] y* repairs of y Chnrch, and
placing the ParishioQCrs, an.[uo] 1598. Ret/.liaier] B.look}, ii.
p. 227, 228.

Halla 14. Beancliffe,* Davyhuhne,* Irlam,« Pendleton,' Clif-BalW.

MancbMler, Ricbord, aon of John de Radclyffe, John SsdcljiTe, his brother, uid
Elian Booth, Lis wiJo, Eiwutors. — Lane. USS. ToL IJv. p. 91. Baines ttjloB this
great feudal aristocrat " an opulent yeoman resident at Barlow in the Fuiah of
EoclBs." — vol. ii. p. 198.

This Chantry vita a Urge projecting building, on the south side of the Church, long
sincD demolislifd, but the site is still pointed out.

The Chapel on the south side, or "south out Isle," of the Chancel, ie claimed by the
Earl of Elleamero, iu right of Worstey Hall; and a small aisle on the north side of the
same ia claimed by Colonel Clowes of Broughton Hall, it a ssid, in right of the mes-
suage called New Bams Hall', but probably this aisle is "the Mr. Wursley's Cliapoll
place," (o(Boolh»,)moQtioDediQthc"Ordersof Mr. Williamson, Vicar of Eocles, the
Bight Worshiptiill Bichard Brereton Esq. and other geotlenien of the Parish,"
reapecting " the settlee" or pews of the Church, dated July 6tb 1695, not 1598, as b
the Text, and ought to be claimed as reguardaut on Booths. — Lane. MSS. vol. uiiiL
p. 341.

Two Chantries only in Ecclee Church woth guppreesed in 1&48, restored in 1663,
and finally extinguished in 1668.

' BeauclilTe Hall has been ontiroly removed. It waa the property of the ValentineB,
a &mily of great rrapoctability amongst the Ic-sscr gentry, in the reign of Henry YU.
from whom it descended to Richard Voluntinu Esq. BherilT of Lancashire in 1713, by
wbofle representative it was sold in tbo last century.

' Davybulme Hall wa« the seat of John de Hulnie, in the reign of Henry II. The fii-
mily continued here for many goncralions, and the Estate was purchased by John Allen
of M ayfleld in tbe county of Derby Esq. in the lost century, whose daughter and heiress
oonveyod it by marriBge to Heniy Norreya Esq. said to be descended from Nicholaa
NorrejB of Tarleton, younger brother of Sir Willism Norri* of Spcko, living in lUe
reign of Henry YI. Mary, sole daughter and hcireas of Henry Norreys Esq. having
married in 1S09 Bobort Joaias Jackson Harris of Uley in the county of Glouceiter
Esq. that gentleman assumed, by sign manual, )ha name and arros of Norreys, and
his son, Eobert Henry Norreys Eaq. is tbe prewmt owner of Davjhulme. The boose

'Irlam Hall, a house of the Eliiabethan era, is now occupied by a fWrwCT, It WMthe
property of the Irlauu in the fifieentb century, uid had patted to Bir Qeorge I^athvm
VOL. „.] B

50

^tftfa CrfltrtttiHis.

toiijB Barton,!' Trafford,'" Woraley," Booths,"" Wardley," Age-
croft,'* Kcmpnall,'* Wolden,'^ and Monks Hall,'^

Xiit. ill (he time of Edward VI. This femilj claimed lo bo the reprOBenlatiTO of Sir
Thomu Lflthum, the Oekitttl uf the celebrated IliBtorical Poem, vho tru diapoaseMed
by Sit John Stanloj, in the latter part of the fourteenth century. His doacendimt,
Thomaa Lalhum Esq. lived here in 1681, iind hia Batalfi ws« alienated st the Berolu-
lion. Jnne, bin daughter, nnd eolc heiresa by aurTiyorehip, married aboat 1693 John
Finney of Fulabaw UbU in the ooUDty of Chester Oent. and hail b aon, Capt. ^nmuel
Fbmey, liriag in 17-11. The eatatti, after aomc iatermcdiite olienaCiona, iraa purehaaed
by John OreaTea of IlighHeld Esq. who died on the lOth of December 1815, mid waa
ivcciwded by hia aon, John Greaves Esq. tho present owner.

J Pendleton Old Hull woa the aeat of Otho HoUnnd Esq. in Iho time of Qu«n Eli-
ttbeth, and of his son, Thomaa IIoUAnd Oent. in the next reign, who, on the Tth of
Fobroary 1623, married at Ecclea, Mra. Joan Irlam.

" Clifton Ilall, a handsome house, nith the Uanor, viaa in the posiession of William
HoUand Qent. in the Slat Henry VII. and deaiwnded to hia eon, Tliomaa Holland,
whose progenitor, William Holland, and Joan his wile, afterwards married to William
Multon, had landa in Barton and Swynton, the 19th Edward U. Before the ISth of
May 1606, the Uanor was oonveyed in nurriago by Ellinor, daughter and co-heirees
of Thomas Holtand Esi]. and his wife, Helen, daughter of Tliomos Idiigli>y of Age-
croft, to Kalph Slade Qent. The estalp, in the latter part of the sHTBn(™nth century,
was the property, probably by purehnae, of Mr. Daniel OoskeU, and is now the inhe-
ritonep uf his desoendant, Benjamin Oiukell of Thomea House in the county of
York Esq.

* Barton ■wot held by Edith do Barton in the time of Richard I. and the Honor was
conreyed by her in marriago to QillH!rt dn Notion, whose grandson Gilbert asaumed
the BUmauie of Barton, and before the rei^ of Edward 111. the hoireas hod married
John del Bothc, jure uioris. Lord of Barton. The old Hall is now unol as a farm
bouae. The Hall poaaod &om the Bootha in marriage, to Quorgc Leigh of High
Loigh Eaq. in 1678, and is now the properly of his deacendont, George Cornwall
Leigh Esq. M,P. In 1681 Riehard Sayagp, Lord Colchcater, held part ot the de-
mesne of Barton; Edmund Trafibrd Eaq. another part; and Mra. Hannah Leigh,
widow, the remainder.

">Tr»ffordPark, thoaCBt ofSirThomo* J. de Trafibrd Bart, deaeonded from B«n-
dulpbus Trafford, who is said to hare died in the reign of Edward the Confesaor,
and whoso lands passed uninterruptedly in the mole line for eight eenlurics. The
prcaent house is a modem etrqcture of free atone. The Estates were devised by tlie
Will of Humphrey Trafford of Trafford Eaq. dated the 5lh of Juno 1779, to hit ool-
latOTol kinsman, John Trafford of Croston Esq. who largely inereaaed their value by
obtaining an Act of Parliament in 1793 to authoriae liim to let hmda on building
leiasee, and to lease the Waste Moas Lands in Iho Parishes of Manchester and Ecch^a,
for ninety-nine jcara.

" Woraley remained in the Woraley bmily from the CooquMt until about the 46th

meaner^ of Mant^eater. 5i

[The] Parish [is] divided into 3 quarters, WorBcly, Barton, t^afnra
and Pendleton. In Worsely [there] are 4 hamlets, ^-iz. Lower
End of Worsely, Higher End, Booths Town, Swinton, and Little

Edward III. vihca Alice, sbler and eole heireas of Sir Oc&r^ do Warslcy, convejed
it in mnrringc to Sir Jolin Mascy of Tatton, who was Bttiiinlcd in the Ist Ilenrj- IV.
Tlic Manor ngsin paa»cd b; nuuriage from the Moscja to tlic Stanleys of Holt Castle,
and waa oonrBjed bj Joan, daugiitcr of William Btanlej, to Sir Ricluird Brerotoli,
vrhaso grandaun marrying Dorothy, daughter of Sir Bichard Egerton of Tatton, and
dying irithoul lurriviDg iaane in I59S, settled all his Eatatee upon hia lather's natural
aon. Sir Tiiomas Egcrton, aHerwarda Viscount Brackley, and Lord Chancellor, the
oncealor of Fmncia, third Duke of Bridgpicatcc, who, dying in 1803, dorised his Lan-
cashire Estates to his nephew, George GrauTille, aubaeqnently Duke of Sntherlaud,
with remainder to his eecond sou, Lord Francis Xioresoa Gower, who osaumed tho
aaniB of Egerton on Ihe death of his father in 1833, and wa« created Viscount
Brackleyaad Eacl of Ellcamere, in 1816; t« whom poateritj will justly apply Ihe eulogy
of Bishop Uacliet on Chonoellor Elleetocre, as one, "qui nihil in viti nisi laudandum
aut fecit, But diiit, aut lenait."— Zrf/tr of Archbithup WilliaTm. The old Hall, can-
atructed portly of wood, plaster, and brick, slill remaina; but a large and mora com-
modious maneion. In the late Tudor atyle of Architecture, baa been lately erected by
the noble owner of Ihe Estate. The right of Baptism is enjoyed in the Domestio
Chapet attached to the old Hall,

'^ Booths HbU, within Worsley, was formerly the aest of a branch of the Worslejs,
of which family waa Robert de Worsley, Lord of Botbes about 1292, and Robert
Woraley, who held the Manor of Bothcs, of the Manor of Woraley, the 15th Heniy
Vll. The Worslcya rBaidod hurc In the early part of the seventeenth century, and
wont afterwords of Hovingham in the county of York. The Manor and Hall of
Booths were settled by Act of Parliament about 1789, in cichMige for other lands,
npon the younger children of Samuel Clowes of Uancheater Eaq. and hia wife, Martha,
daughter of John Tipping of Manchester, merchant. The Estate is now vested in the
Egerton family. The house is of pLiin atone, and devoid of interest. Leknd, in 1549,
speaks of " a Place of Master Worselcy of the Boutho."

" Wordlcy Hall appears to have been built about tho time of Edward TI. on the
site of an older house, as a moat and gate-house still remain. Tho bouse is quadran-
gular, and built of wood, plaster, and brick. The stairs and hall arc very noble and
CApacioas) and tho whole labriu haiing been much in decay, is now undergoing exten-
sive repairs. This place became the property and residence of Thurstan Tildoslcy, by
marriage wifh MargarM, daughter and heiress of Jordan Worsley, in the reign of
Henry TV. and passed ti) Roger Downcs Esq. in the former part of the seventeenth
century, whose descendant, Roger Downea Eaq. dying isBuclesa in 1676, the Eatalo
was conveyed by hia sister and heireaa, Penelope, to Richard, fourth Karl Rivers, who
dinl without male issue, in 1712. It b uow the properly of the Eurl of Etlcsmerc,

u rondlebury, is b Urge wood and plasl« maneion, of ■ qnadrsn-

H " Ageerotl

Houghton, jointly. lu [the] Barton q.[uarter there are] 8
hamlets, viz. Barton, Irlam, C ad esh walled, Moiinton, Eccles,
Davyhulme, Lostock, Dumplington. In [the] Pendleton q, [nar-
ter there are] 3 hamlets, Pendleton, Pcndlebury, and Clifton.

6 Wardens, [and] six assiatauta.

2 of y« Churchw. [ardeiis] are nom.[inated] by [the] D.[uke] of
Bridgwater j 2 by Mr. Trafford ; 1 by y" Vicar ; and y" prcdeces-

gular form, having had origimtUy a most. The Hall is fitted up with ancient furni-
ture, and the windows are adorned with the arms of the Langlejs, John of Osunt,
and othon. The Domeelic Cbspel baa been eonTcrted into a libracj-. In 1327
Richard de Longley , and Joan, bis wife, paid a fine to William de Longlc;, Bet-tor of
Middiet^n, for the Manor of Fendlebur; and other lands; end here this branub of
the knightly funilj' ot Langloy of Langley, descended from tho fcudiU flunilj of Prest-
wioh of Preatnich, resided until the Duuringe of Anne, eldest daughl^ and cD-heiress
of Sir Robert Langli^, in 15S1, {(ho year afler her father's death,) to ThomaB Doun-
tmej Esq. when Agecrolt psssod to that family, which continued to reside here nntil
the latt«r part of the lost ctmturj. The present owner is Mr. Buck.

Of this fsmily WW TKomas Langlty, Bishop of Durham, Lord ChanFcUor of
England, and Cardinal, who died in 14S7, said, in some pedigreoa, to be descended
from the Langlcjs of Langlcj in tho countj of Durham, but moru probably of Agptroft,
and formerly of Langley in the Parish of Middleton, in the county of LaiKTiater, in
which Chureh a Chantry was founded by him before the year 1430. He was the
SuperriBor of the Will of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, in 1399i and by hia
own Will dated the 21st of December \43B, and proved the ITth of December 1437,
he left a legacy of books to the College of Manchester, then lately founded, and in
which foundation ho hsd participated in 14S2.

" Eompnall, Kcaipnough, or Keinpenhalgh Hall, io Worsley, is an ancient wood
and plaster building, now much decoyed, and used as a form bouse. Helen, daughter
aod heiress of Richard Worsley Esq. conveyed tho Estate in marriage to Richard
Porr Qont. in the early part of tho fiflBCulh century; and it again passed in marriage
in 1578 with Anne, daughter and heireas of Mr. John Parr of Kempnough, (of Cle-
worth Hall in Tildosloy, and SnidiJe Hall in Westboughlon, and widow of ThniBton,
■on and heir of Andrew Barton of SmitheUs Esq.) to Kicholas Sturkie of Huntroyd
Esq. who lived here in 1594. It was also the seat of his eldest son in the next
generation, whose children were baptized at the Parish Chureh of Eccles. The pro-
per^ is still in the Storkio family,

" Great Wolden EoU is a large brick pile, now occupied as a farm house. In 1G96
it was "the worshipful seat of Thomas Holcrofl Esq." ota family who shared largely
in tho Church property at tho Beformation, hut not the notoriona Sir Thoi. Holcroft
of Talc Royal, aocording to the statement in Raines's Hitlorg, tol. iii p. 129.

^ Monks Hall, a large wood and phuter building, near Eeclea Ohurch, now oocnpied

OcAncTg of jnanclfeiilnr. 53

'aour names another, Cliftou for Pendlebury, and Pendlebury for
Clifton, alternately. Warden If roe's Ac&- 1706. Pap Reg.

g£^ tvt is a School, built in y» Churchyard, but not free. No ^(|)aaL
^m other Sal.[ary is given] to [the] Master but r'-lO" p.[er]
an.[uum], out of y' Profits of a Gallery built at y" West end of y*
Church, an.[no] 1717. The Master is nom.[inatcd] by [the]
Vicar and [the] Parish", at their Par.[ish] Meeting iu y* Church.
V.[ide] Nom.[ination,'\ 1706. Pap Reg.

[A] License [was granted] to teach a School at Barton in Sarton
this Par.[iah.] V.[ide] Subs.{cription\ B.^ook] and Exhibition *"^°^^
Book, 1709.

¥

Hfbcn by Dr. Sherlock of Winwick, (in 1689,) and 2 others, cftarttirt.
[viz. Hannah Leigh and Edm. Goolden, both in 1689,] Iff
each; and by 2 others 3'10" each, [The] Int.[ere8t] to be dis-
tributed yearly.

IJg ia«^Bfi®®».' Certif.[ied] 23i-
J^^ 06> - 03'', viz.. Chap, [el] house and

b; a r&rmor, the public having the lingular pririlego of h thorough lobby through the
bou«e. It bccBme the proptrrly of Ellis Hcj Qcnt. shortly nfW the Reformation,
and the family continued here afVer lfiG5, £lli» Hey Oent. haTing recorded a pedigree
of leverel dea<!«nt8 at Uugdale's TiBitation ; and hia son and heir, Ellis Hey, wag Uviiig
iu Solford the 4th of February 1691. Before 16S1 the Estate bad passed to Mr.
Wiltis, and is now possessed by his descendant, Bichard Willis of Uabncad near
Prescot Esq. The date aasiguitig the erection of a Bam to Mn. Uelun Willis in
1692, in Baines's Biitory yoL lii. p. 127, is an error. Ellis Hey Gent, compounded
for bia estate in 1646 by paying to the Farliameot £309.

' FatroD Saint unknown. Value in 1834, £137. Registers begin in 1766,
This Chapel is of ancient foundation, and ia tradilJoniJIy reported to have been
founded by the Monks of Whallcy for their (cnantrj in this neighbourhood. After the
Reformation, it was parchaaed bj the Breretons of Worsley, and endowed in 1581 bj
Dorothy, daughter of Sir Richard Egerton of Bidle;, and wife of Sir Richd. Brereton
of Woralej. In hur widowhood she married Sir Peter Logh of Lyme Knt. M.P,
Sbcnffof Chnbirein 1696, and dying without iasue, wu buried U£ccles.

64 ^tftia eefrtrtemto*

ground, 17^-l«-8^; left by Mrs. A.[nne] Mort, 21.15« [a year] ;
Int.[ere8t] of Stf, 2i.lO»; Eent Charge, l^.

[It is] said to be a Domest.[ic] Chap, [el] belong, [ing] to
Worsley Hall by Tho.[mas] Chaddocke, Curate, an. [no] 1719:
But he was Licensed to it an. [no] 1709, upon y« nominat.[ion] of
[the] E.[arl] of Bridgwater: V.[ide] Mem.lorandum] B.lpot]
and Subs.lcriptum] J3.[ooA], who nominated also to his ''Free
Chap, [el] of EUenbrook," an. [no] 1669.

An. [no] 1673. 1 Warden.

There was a Suit depending about this Chap, [el] an. [no] 1693,
betw.[een] the Bp and L^ Willoughby of Parham.* V.[ide] Mr.
Kcnyon's Letters. Pap. Reg.

Q. What was done in it ?

In 1660 £llenbrook Chapel was returned as fit to be made Parochial, and
aomotimes supplied hy a preaching Minister, and sometimes without, there being no
certain means for the Ministers, who had their wages from the well-affected neigh-
bourhood thereabouts in Toluntary contributions. A Chapel was said to be required
within Irlam. — Lamb. M8S, toI. iL Fuller says that it passed into a maxim during
the Ghroat Rebellion, that it was safer for people to fast, than to feed on the poison of
malignant Pastors, which will account for so many of the Churches not being supplied
with Ministers.

In 1655 the Chapel was considered to be Domestic, and by a decree of the Court of
Chancery of the County Palatine, made the 28th of July 1657, Robert Mawdslej was
ordered to pay to George Leigh and others, Trustees appointed for the use of the
Minister of the Chapel of Ellenbrook, and for the Poor of Worsley and Middle Hul-
ton, £200 principal, giyen by Dame Dorothy Legh, deceased, for godly and pious
uses, together with interest firom 1638 to 1652. Part of this sum was invested in
land in Tildesloy in 1701, and one-fourth of the rent is still paid to the Poor.

' Hugh, Lord Willoughby of Parham, married in 1692 Honora, daughter of Sir
Thomas Leigh, son and heir of Thomas, Lord Leigh of Stoneley, and widow of Sir
William Egerton K.B. of Worsley, brother of John, third Earl of Bridgewater, and
probably prosecuted the suit at the instance of the EarL Lord Willoughby died in
1712. In a Dedication of the Life of Mr. Nathanid Heywood, Vicar of Ormskirk, by
Mr. Henry Asshurst, to this Hugh, Lord Willoughby, the Presbyterian author men-
tions his Lordship's *' exemplary piety and zeal for our holy religion in such a dege-
nerate and licentious age, and the countenance he gaye to serious piety, whererer he
found it, among aU the different parties into which we are so unhappily broken.**—-
12mo. 1694. See Cofpull for some account of Lord Willoughby; for the Asshursts,
Noble's Continuation of Granger's Bior^. Hitt, toL i.; and Swift's Tale of a Tmb^ for
an account of the City Procession to the Presbyterian Meeting House during Sir
William Asshurst's Mayoralty.

Drnncrg of iWnnrfjcBtfr.

I

H:Xi!r©ia.' Certif.tied] 34i00'.00d, viz. 30' paid byjj_
[the] Lessee of one of the Preb.[eiid3] of Litchfield, £ i. d.

wliom the Improp. [nation] belongs, as hia Corpse, ^n.*; t t s
SHrp.[lice] f.[ces,] 4>, [with y^ Mortuaries.] pa.'bip™et^

i" p.[cr] an. [num.] fVar.[den] fVroe'a Acc^- 1706. Pap. Reg. J'^ ••_; i£
The MiniBter is nominated by y« Preb. [endary] for y" time "'^ ■■ *'
being.

The pntronsge of tlie Chapel U Tested in the TnistMs of the late Duie of Bridgc-
WBler; and in 1811 the Chnpel was Bolorgeil nod one hundred and RHy bee sittiiiga
pTOTided for the Poor, at the eipense of the Earl of EUesmcro. There nro now fonr
hundred children taught in a Sunday, and one hundred in an In&nt School.

' Dedimlcd to St. MtcbnoL Value in 1834, £103. Begistdra begin in 1570.

This Manor was given by Soger de Poictoa, ahortlj after the Conquest, to tho
GtollejB, Barons of Maneheatcr, and one carumte was raded by Albert de Grello; to
Henry Fits Siword, prababi; Jitthcr of Robert do Lathom, by nhoso hisira it was held
in tho reign of King John. These heirs were mrtainlj tho Lathoms of Lathom. —
Teila de NnvilL' In the 86th Henrj IIL William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby,
gave his land in Fliiton, and the Manor of Ordesall, to Baiid do Bulton. Id tha
27th or 28th Edward III, Robert do Lcgh of Booths in Eccles, and Matilda, hia nifo,
held the moiety of the Manor of Fliiton, [from the LathomsP] which appears to have
passed in marriage with Matilda, sole daughter and heiress of John Legh of Booths,
to Richard de Badcliffe of Ordshall, Steward of Blockbumshirc, who was drowned in
BosBondale Water, on Thursday neit before tho Feaat of St. Margaret, in 1380, ond
his dotcendant, Bir John Badclifie died seued of the Manors of Fliiton and Ordshall,
on the 8th of February 1589, agod S3, whose widow, Anne, daughter and bciress of
Thamae Aashawe of Hall on the UiU, died there on the 10th of Janusiy 1627, aged
eighly-two. lu the 9th Car. I. the former Manor was in the poasesBioiv of Leotard
Asshawe of Shaw TTnll Esq. whoio daughter and coheiress, EUzabetb, convoyed it, in
marriage, Co Peter Egorton Esq. sevond eon of Sir Ralph Egcrton of Ridley in the
county of Chester. Richard Egcrton Esq. bom in 1663, was suoceeded by John
Egerton Esq. who was the last heir male of the family, and died in the beginning
of the last eeutnry.

In the 80th Elizabeth, and oftemards, Fliiton is described as being in tlio Parish
of Moni^hestcr, but it has long claimed, and established, tho right of being an iude-
pendent Parish.

The Church was in eiistenco in the twelfth eentary, and was given, about a.d. 1190,
by Robert do Lathom to bis Monastery of Burat-uugh. It occurs in Pope Nicholas's
Surrey, in the latter part of tho thirteenth century ; and is alylod a Curacy to an Ap-
propriation, in the 26th Henry Till. The FarliomonUry Inquisitors, in 1660, reported

66 llotitta CcstricnsiK.

This ChuTcIi was given to y" Abbey of Buracough by y" Founder.
V. [ide] Mon. mpra.

This Church was made Prebcndall by Roger, B. [ishop] of Litchf.
[ield] (who waa made Bp an. [no] 1257.) MS. Sir.
An. [no] 1673, 3 M'ardens, [and] 3 Assist, [ants.]
KalU. Shaw,' UrmHton,^ Newcroft.*

that the Parieh Church was rery coaTeiiiBiitly sitUBlfi in the middlB of the ParJBh, no
part of it bring distant from the Church more than two statute milm; that a mea-
BUige belonged to it worth £20 per annum ; nud tbat the Tithe« of Fliiton and Shaw
wore worth £42 per annum. Fetcr Egrrton of Shaw Esq. being the Leuee of Mr.
Stootett Lutwich, hito Preboiidarj of Lichfield, deceased, the Cure was then sup-
plied b; Mr. Edward Iloolmorc, "able and goillj," who recoiTcd the rents of the
■aid teuementB S49igued him hj Mr. Bgorton, and £16 from the Commissioaers of
Plundered Ministers, being the runt reecrved to the snid Prebend. — Lamh. Surpeyi,
Tol. ii.

In 1756 the nomination of the Ineumbent was claimed b; the Warden anil Fellows
of Mancheitcr, but without suffioient title, as the Prebendary of the Prebend of Flii-
ton, founded in the CBthedral Church of Liehfleld, presented, as his successors hate
ever since done.

Baiues states that the Living waa formerly in the gift of the Egertons of Shaw, but
omits stating that their right itas merely annexed to their Lease of the Tithes of the
Prebend. In 1717 the Lessee was Mrs. Egerton, who paid Mr. Edward Sedgwiek,
the Curate, £30 per umum.

' Sbaw Hull, built in the reign of Junes I. with gables and wooden parapets, had
formerly a moat which has parti; disappeared. On one of the ceilings is a painting,
well-eieeuted, of the same age as the house, r«prc«eDlmg the family of Darius kneeling
in aupplicotion before Aleiander the Qreat. Armorial bearings of the Asshawes and
Egertons, in the windows, together with Tapeatry and other n-lies of former times,
add much to the interest of this Tonerahle mansion. The hall and one hundred
and forty-nine statute acrea in a ring fence, were adTcrtiscd for sale in Prescott's
Journal, January Sth, 1774. The house is now the property of Miss Warburton.

' Umuton Uall, a wood and plaster fabric, prtintod in lozenges and trefoils, is uow
■ &Tm house. The Onn-Estons appear to have desceuded from Orm, the Saion pro-
prietor of Halton in Cheshire, whose Bon, Orm Magnus, by his marriage with Alice,
daughter of Herreui, (a Norman nobleman, ancestor of Theobald Walter,) obtained
Urge estates in Lancashire. The descent of the Aabtons of Ashton under Lyno, &om
thii Orm, seema to be apociyphal ; and it is certain that the Lathoms were the hoin
of Orm Fiti Ailward, as to a Knight's fee adjacent to Ormakirk, — See Teaia de
NeeiW, and Ormerod on the Stanly Leffeiut ; also Note 6, p. 3, The Manor passed
in marriage with the daughter and heiress of Adam de Urmalon to Ralph Hyde,
leoond eon of Thomas Hyde of Norbury, temp. Uenry IT. and bis descendants conti-
Dliad here until the la«t oentoi?.

Oranerv of IRanrlirtitrr. ^7

Sfij^ ere is a School-House, erected (as 'tia said) at y* Parish ^i^anl.
jSUs charge upon y* Waste, by y* consent of Mr. Egerton of
Shaw.

Nothing belongs to it but lO p.[er] an.[num,] left by G. Dean
in y" hands of y^ Overseer of y Poor of Urmston.

[A] Master [was] Licensed an. [no.] 1718. V.[ide] Subs,
[criplioii] B.[^ook.]

t^ other Charity but 20» p.[er] an.[uiim] left by Sam.[uel] eiwnrllB.
nM [William?] Sherlock, to be given in bread to Poor house-
keepers of Urmston that come to Church.

I atKCSESZnSa' Collegiate Church consists of [a] £&. JT.

I Warden and 4 Fellows, who supply all the turns of.

I Preaching, and 2 Chaplains, who read Prayers and doe ^J^- J; J; j

J all y* other Duty of y whole Parish, and receive y* ,5^™ i o! o
Surp.pice] Fees; [and] 4 Singing Men, 4 Choristers, and an Fam,,. its?
Organist, who perform Cathedrall Service. t&'m. a

^ ' i" [P. An. & «.]

< NfTwcrofl Hall was bM b; Sir John de RadDliflb of Ordslmll Knt. M.P. in the lot all klndi.]
14th Editanl III. ami rI hia death in the 33nd Edward 111. ; and here reaidod bis Tonnibipi or
doatwndaDt, Richard BadcliiTe Oeut. third son of Sir William RadchiTu and his fini cliur^hw. Z 8
wife, Margarcl, daughter of Sir Edmund TrniTord of Tmfford. He married MnrgarBt, S'''*^"'*'' - "
odIj daughter and hrireas of John Raiiclifl'e of Oiabume in the countj of York Qont.
before tbo 31at of March, in the 26th Elizabeth. He died on the 31et of JonuBr;
1601, Bgod 67 ye«r», and was buried in the Chancel of Fliiton Chureh. He wa» mo-
owded at Neweroft b; his son, Alexander Radclj'iro Esq, who died n.p. in 1628, Imviog;
joined with hii brother, Francis Rudcljffo of London Gonl. in 1609, in the baU^ of
Newcrofl, to their brother, WiUianl Eadclyffo of Foidenton Eaq. ancestor of the
present Robert BadelyfTe of Foideulon Esq.

' Dedicated by the name of Cbriit's College. Bcgistera begin in 1573.

* Of this pension 40s. was pajsblo to the Bishop of Cheater, and 20s. to the Arch-
deacon of Cheater, in 1635.

Thb Mjbob of Makciixsteb, secording to Mr. Whitlnker, is of a date long ante-
cedent to the Norman Conquest, at which period, Roger, Earl of Poietiers, had all
the land conferred upon him between the rivers Ribhlo and Mcrsej. Roger granted
to NigcUiu, a Kormiu Knight, three hides and half a carucate of land wilbin the
VOL. II.] I

68 flotttiA Crstrirnsis.

An.[no] 1306. Patron of Manchester, Tho.[ma8] de Grelle.
MS. Hulm, 95, 1. 11, ex Cartul. Epi. Cov. et Lilchf.
An. [no] 1312. Patron S' John la Ware. lb.

Hunilred of Salfonl; nnd on the dritvtioii of Ear! Hoger, his other pOBSPBgions
in Salford Huudivd appear to hare passed to the Qre»leje, w in the jen US'! Robert
de Grcali-y bestowed upon the Moui«tei7 of 3wine»hcBd in the county of Lincoln, the
LohI'b Mill at Manohmter, and hi« son, Albert de Groilej, gave four boratos of land,
in free sliUK, to the Church of MaacheBt«r. Robfrt de QruBley gBTo to Henry III.
a pnlirej, for a licenac to have b Fair within hie &Ianor of Maiicheslfr until the King
ahould attain hie majority, and on that erent occurring, a Charier datod lltli Henry
HI. was granted to this Baroa to hold a Fair on the eic, day, and morrow of St. Mat-
thew the Apostle, at his Manor of Manobesler. Thomas, son and heir of Robert de
Qresley, being a minor at hia father's death, 12lh Edward I, Amadeu* de Savoy had
the CTistodj of the Monori but on attaining hi* full a^, ho obtaicud iu 13D1 what ia
called the " Great Charter of ManchoBter," by which the town was governed until it
was Incorporated in 183B. He was luinmoned to Parliamimt, amongst the Baroni of
the Bcalm, troia tho lat to the 4th Edward II; but dying withont ibbuo, hie posaea-
Biotu passed in marriage with hia aiat^r Joan, to John, aon of Roger de ia Warr, Bum-
moned to Parliament as Baron Je In Warr, m 1307. At hi» death, aiat Edward HI.
he woa aucceeded in tho Manor of Manchester by hia grandson, Roger, son of John
de hi Warr. On the death of Thomaa, aon of Roger de U Warr, in 1-137, tho Barony
of Manchester paasod to his uephcw, Reginald West, who succuedMl aa Lord do la
Warr, b right of hia mother, the half aiatcr of Thomaa, the hiat Baron, HIb de-
3cendant,Lord do la Warr, and Thomaa West, Esq. hi> sou and heir, sold the Manor
in 21st Eliiaheth, in consideration of £3,(XX), to John Lu^e, citizen and clothworker
of London, who re-conreyed it b 38th Ebiabcth, for £3,500, to Nicholas MoBley,
citiaeli and aldermau of London. In 1809 the Inhabitants of Manchester ni^otiatod
with Sir Oswald Mosley for the purchase of the Manor, but declined givbg £90,000,
the very reasonable prioe died by the owner. Hnvmg remained b this family until
IS4S, it waa purchased iu that year by the Corporation, of Sir Oswald Mosley Bart.,
for £180,000, and conveyed to the Mayor, AJdermon, aad Burgesses of the Borough,
on the 6th of May, 1846.

At the period of the Dometday Survey there wore two Churches in Manchester,
dedicated respectively to St. Mary and St. Michael ; the former it is eonjecturod having
stood m the phico caOcd Acre'e Field, near the top of the preaont St. Mary's Oate,
and the latter in Aldport. In 1267 Peter de Orealey wai Patron of the Rectory of
Manoheater ; and b 130S, (in the Text, 1306,) Gcofitey de Stoke wai appointed the
eucccsBOr of Otho do Qrandison by Thomaa de Gresley, the Patron. In 1322 the Chnmh
was valued at two hundred marks, the endowment conaistLng of eight burgagei in
Manchester, and the towna of Newton and Kirkmanaholme, with the meadows, woods,
pastures, and other appurtenanoea. The manerial lords uontbued l-o eierei»e the p«-
troD«ge until 1359, when Ibomaa da U WuT| CleA, wu pNiooted to the Beototy, and

Sranrri) «f mxnr^Mtrr. 59

The College was first founded an. [no] 1422, by Tho.[nias] de
la Ware, then R«ctour, afterw. [ards] Lord de la Ware, w""" Foun-
dation was dissolved, 1 Edward 6.

on the dmlli of his elder brolhor, in 1398, he Buoceeded lo (he Baronj of De U Wmt.
In 1421, and 9th Uenrj V. lie obtained a Liccneo for foanding a Collegiate Church,
or, scoording lo Kuerden, " for making (ho Parish Church Collogiato," Iwing lis>i«t*d
bj Thomaa Langlej, Biahop of Durhoin, and afterwards Chancellor of England, who
waa at that time uoe of the feoCTerB of the Manor and Advovson of the Sectorj of
Maneheafrr. The College consiufed of a Warden, eight Fellows, four Clerln, and iii
Chorielert, and was ealled the Ooliege of the Bl«H>d Virgin, of Maneheoter, being
d«di«ted lo the Virgin Marj, St. George of Enghind, and St. Denis of France. The
Boctory waa appropriated for the maintenance of the Warden and Fellows, and the
OoUcge waa otherwise endowed b; the munificent founder. In Jnij 1428, Lord de U
Ware laid the foundation stone of the new edifice, which was cruiaform, and the
WBatem portion of the building occupied the ailc of tlio old Pariah Chorohof 8t. Maty,
whilst the eastern part formed the new College.

In 1422 John Huntingdon B.D. was appointed the first 'Wnrden, and, Lke hia
Patron, was a devout and boiintifiil Chnrrhman. He occupied his high station
netrlj thirtj-seren jcoie, and the following fucts in connection with hie archiltictural
proceedinga, from original eridences hitherto unpublished, cannot (ail lo interest the
reader. He commenocd the building of the Choir, which wsa unfinished at the time
of hia death, (which occurred on the 11th of September 1458,) as appears bj tbe fol-
lowing eitracts from hia Will dated the 13th of November, in the 83rd Henrj VI. 1454,
although on his braes monument, still remuning in the Choir, it is recorded (luit he
"de nova conatruit ietam canceUam." He roeitcs that he hud lately granted bj Deed
to James Bridde, Hugh Aeton, and NieboUs Ravalde, Priests, all bis mensnages, lands,
and rente, in MaDchee(«r, Balford, and elsewhere, in the county of Lancaster, and
•Iso in ClieBterUeld in the county of Derby, to the intent that after hii death they
thonld sell the eame, {eieepl his Unds at Chesterfield,) and that the said feoSeee
"shall dispose of all such money to the cdificaeOn, eipences, coites, and bj-ggyng
of the newe worko by mo bcgonfn of the Chnuncell of the Kirko of our Lady of
Hichestr, if so be yat my morablj godea aft' my deccese suflice noghl nor bene sultl-
(naontj to (Tonne the said ediflearOn coals and byggyng," It was Ihen provided that
if there was any overplus it was to be appropriated to the mpport of Priesta to say
masBos, prayers, and other divine services for the eonl of the said Huntingdon, and his
friends for ever. He further provided that if his kinswoman, Eliiabetb Baret, waa
dead, or died without issue, that tho lands at Cheaterflcld, devised to her, should ba
applied to the same purposes as hia lands in Lancashire. — Lanir. 3tSS. vol. niv.

It B))peara that the lands were not disposed of according (o the Testator's intentions,
■a by Deed dated at "Mnmcrslr 10th DecembiT, 3rd Edward IV. 1463," the throe
Priests whom he had enfcoifed conveyed to John Bamford and Jamm Chrdonor,
Cbaplaina, and William Bamford, all tbe Unds and tenements at^oining it

eo ^otitia ^ctitrirnsis.

Institntion of Jo. Hiuitingdon in Dccret. Baccal. Custod. Coll.
de Manchester, an. [no] 1422. iW-S. Hulm, 95, 1. 11, ex Cartul. Epi.
Cov. et Litchf.

called NcthpriLldoport and Overnldcport, wliii;h thoj had of the gifl and feofTtiinit of
John Hontj-ugdon, Clerk, MaaWr, oc Guardian of Ihe Collegiate Church of Blcined
Hsij of MsDchcsUr, to hold to certain uits, which are not liovrever, declared. And
bj another Indenture dated 22nd Edward IV. 1482, Oooffrey Hulme of tlanchuter,
Baufe Langley, Warden of Manchester, and Parson of Prealwich, John Biron, Johu
Badelyffo (of Rade!jffc) Eaqrs. and James BndelffTo (Iiia brother,) convey to Riohard
Beiwictu of Manchester, and Ralph, con and beir apparent of Ihe said GeoflVe;
Hulme, [wEiich Ralph married Eliiabeth, daughter of Sichard Bexwiclie aenr. of
MaDcheetiT, meirchant. Marriage Covenant dated 20th of October, 19th Edirard
TV. ^ Pike Botue Epidencei, Lane MSS. voL ixiv.] certain lands and services,
appareotl; part of the estate of Warden Ituntiogdon. And by another Deed
dated t9tb Jul;, 22nd Uenr; VTI. 1506, Ralph Hulme granted lo Ranulpb Poole,
Clerk, Sir OUver Thomelegh, Chrl, Hichard Beinioio, ion of Roger Beiwiclic "of
Mamocstr," Bolph HoUand of CUjton, William Gah7, Seth Ghdey, and Thomas
Beiwicko, son of Richard Bemicko, all the before-named Inndd, burgages, and rents,
wbieh were formerly the property of John Huntingdon, in Manuxstr and ^alford,
excepting certain lands and lencmcnts called Netheraldport nritlun the Manor of
Mamecstr, to the use and for tbe purposes expressed in a certain Indenture made
oith the consent of Italph Hulme and Henry Scdall, bj the arbilration of Anthony
Fitiherbert and Richard Hesketii Esqrg. leameii in the Uvf, dated BOth May, 22ad
Henry VIT. in irhich award it is stated that there bad been various controversLea and
debate betveeu Raufe Hulme Ovnt, and Sir Henry Sydall, William Bradford and
Bichard Mascy, " Prest Vicare?," of the same College, respecting the landi and tene-
ments formerly the inheritanca of Sir John Huntingdon, Warden of the College of
our Lady of Mancheftter, and that the contending parties were bound in sureties of
£40 to abide the award of Fitiherbort and Hcskethi and iiirther reciting that the
said Huntingdon, in his last Will, ordered his feoflcoa immediately afk'r his decease,
to soli all the premises named therein, and the money arising from tbe sale to bo dis-
posed to Priests to say Masses for tbe said Huntingdon and his benefactors, "vhlch
Will as yctt, as farre as wee can p'ccivc, hath not bene fiilillled."

The said Raufe Hulme claimed the lands as bis own, by purchase of the right heir
of the said John Huntingdon, and also of John Ravald, cousin and next heir of
Nicholas Ravald, the last surtiter of aU the feoffees of tbe sud Huntingdon;
whereas, the said Henry Sydall and others, claimed to be feoffees for tbe performauci!
of the last Will of the said Kichotas Ravald, Pricel, by the feofi'ement of Sir Thomaa
Bndford, who was osfeoired by one Sir John Bamford, Priest, conjointly with other
persons, whom the s«id Sir Thomas survived, uid wbich Sir John Bamford was en-
fooirsd by the said Nicholas Ravald to perform his Will, wbicli relers to, and contains
tbe sabslaoce of Ihe Will of Sir John Uuutingdon, eonoa-ning the promises.

I

Dttmcrs of inanctjester.

fii

An, [no] 1547, the College was re-founded by Qu.[E;en] Mary,
3 and 4 Phil.[ip] and Mar.[y.] Afterw. [ards] by Q.[uecn] Eliz,
[abeth] an. [no] 1578, and last of all by Chai-Ies 1'', aii.[iio] 1636.
V.[ide] C/iar.[ler] of Found, [ation] and Dol. Reg. 461.

The orhitratora ftirard tliat a Deed ehaJl be mudi! bj Hulme lo tbe fcoflees DBmcd [n
the tiut recited Indeature, of all Huntiagdon's lands aud Iracmmte in IdncBalurp and
elBswhere, except Netheraldport, which fuoffecs <ae empowered lo reccite out of the
rent* 100s. a jeax, and lo find and endow an honest and Hsll-diepOBcd FrieBt with Iho
Biuue, to say and do perpetually diviue Borvicc in the College Church of our Ladj of
Mancheetor, and to keep the lands and tenemeu(« ax good order ; the raid Priest, and
his ButceHSors, to be nominated by the said Baufe Hulme and hia heirs for ever. And
it is proridod that the said Priest shall pray for the soul of the said John Huntingdon
and his benc&ctors ; and for the souls of GeoO^ and Elixabetb, &tbcr and mother of
the said Raufe Hulme ; and for the souls of Thomas, late Earl of Derby, and QitargD,
bis son, late Lord Strange ; and for the good estate of the said Raule and Elizabeth
his wife, (late EUiabeth Bcrwicke,) and their children, and heirs ; and also fur the
good estate of Thomas, Earl of Derby, now living ; and for Jnmos Stanley, now
Bishop of Ely ; and for all the fcolTees that ore, and shall be seized to the use of the
•aid Chantry lands, and after their decease for thuir souls, and for all Christian souls
for eccr. And also that the said Priest shall he attendaot in the Quere (Choir)
of the said College Ch'iroh, aocording as other Chaiitty Priests ore, without licence is
Brat obtained to the contrary &om the said Raulo and his heirs. If any Priest for-
tuiie to be of evil disposition, or do not his duty, he shall be removed by the said
lUufe and his heirs, and another pot in his phtce ; and so to continue for evermore.
It the said Raufe should not name an honest Priest in fifteen days after the award, or
within forty (lays afWr a vacancy, the feofil»a were to do so ; and the said Prieat
ihoiild swear upon the Evangelists, to the said Raufe, his heirs, or ieoSees, that he
would do and perform, to bis power, his duty and divine service appointed ; nor ars
the said Priests to forget the eaid arbitrators in their masses, whilst living, nor their
souls aftoT their decease. They also award that the said Sir Henry Sydall, Sir Thos.
Bamford, and Sir John Bamford, or those who clum any interest in Sir John Hunt-
ingdon's lands and tenements, since his death, shall execute a Deed of Reksse of their
supposed claim and right. It is also enjoined that the said Raufe Hulme and SyduU
■ball deliver all the evidences, Chorters, Testaments, and Muniments of the said
Huntingdon's lands, to the Abbot of the Monastery of our Lady of Wballey, lo be
kept, and to remain, in the same Monastery, excepting only the then award, which
was to be kept by Raufe, and his heirs, and the said Thomas and William. Raufe
Hulme was also to pay to Sir Henry Bydoll, towards his costs and charges in the
matlCT, COs.

And whereas, touching the cdiUcatioD costs and building of the Chancel of the iioid
College Church of Msiii'he»tcT, the said parties arc agreed to abide the award of four
friends, at hoDW, at a eouvonient leisure, oud before the Feast of Biatei, vuc., of

09 0atitUi erstrintafs,

[The] Warden ia presented by y" Crown, and Instituted by y»
BP, " ad curam animanim," [The] Fellows, &c. [are] chosen by
[the] Warden and Fellows, v.[ide] Licence of Fmmdalitm, 9
Henry 5. Dug. Man. vol. 3. p. 175, de Collcg. w it was Incorp.
[orated] by y" style of " y" College of y Blessed Virgin Mary of
Manchester."

V.[ide] Bp Bridgni'Vtsit.[ation] of this Coll. [ege.] Reg.^. 112.

Mnator Bobcrt ClilT, Warden of Mauchestor, ThomaB Ltmgle}', Panon of Preetvii^h,
Edmund BanleBlc}', and Bobert Laborer ; and tbat all the monoj rocuiTed, or be-
atoved, toucliiiig Ihc odiGcation of the eaid Chancel, emre the derense of the Baid Sir
Jobn Huntington, and all other receipts, eonte, rcparationa, and payments made b; the
said 8ir Heniy Sydall, louching the said lands and preoiism, ore then and there to como
to a final reelconing, and to bo ordered and decided bj the eoid four fnends, according
Id the phun intent of the true Testament and Will of t!ie said Sir John Huntingdon,
bearing date the 13th of Naretaber, 33rd Ilunry VI. vhich all the parties are agreed
ia the vcrj true Will and Testament of the said Sir John Huntingdon. And it a
also airardod that yearly, an obit or anniTersary shall be kept, with a Dii^e, alter
noon, and a Mass of Bequiem on the morron aftrr, with Note, for the louli of
the said Sir John Huntingdon, his benefactor*, the sool* of the person* above-men-
tioned, and all ChriBtion souls, at the charge of the said Priest for the time biMng, on
the nth day of No»ember, on which day the said Sir John Huntingdon died.
James, Bishop of Ely, attests the oward, wHeh is signed by the awarders, and
alao by Bydall and Hidme.

On the 2Ut of June, 22nd Henry VII. James (Stanley,) Bishop of Ely, reloaaea to
Balph Hulmo and hii heirs, all (he right whieh he hnd in the messuBges and lands of
Warden Huntingdon, deceased, in Slanphpater. And on the 4lh of Juno, E3rd
Henry VHI. Ranulph Polo, Clerk, Ralph Holland of Clayton, Thomas Beiwieke, son
of Hichard Beiwiuke, and John Beiwioke jnor. Chaplain of a certain Chantry in the
CoHegiato Chureh of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Manchester, " of the conBtitulion of
John Huntingdon, Chaplain, and of the foundation of Ralph Huhne late of Mamcestr
Qent. deuoased," granted to Bichsrd Brownaworde of Mamcestr, in fee, two gardens,
or a whole pieeo of land, worth 20d. a year, lying in "le hcngyngdyohe in Mamcestr,"
formerly belongmg to John Huntingdon, deceased, and eomprieed in an Indenture
dated the ISth of July, 82nd Heniy VTI. j paying annually to Thomas West, Lord
L«warr, and Lord of Manchester, 69. 1 and also, paying annunlly, to Rannlph Pole
ood his co-traitoes, their heirs, and assigns, 2s, 2d., according to the arhittaljon of
Piliherbert and Hesketh, with a power of distraint and re-entry, if the rents werr not
paid within forty days utter they were due. — Pike Houae Evide»nt, Lane. MSS.
vol. <iiv.

Wnrilen Huntingdon does not appear to have executed an intention which he had
formed of building an Alms-hoose for poor persons, in Hangyngdyche, for which ho

Ocantr^ of ffiantfts»Uv. 63

An.[no] 1684. Warden Instit. [uted] by [the] IJr, by virtue of
a Comniiss. [ion] (rom [the] A''P, who then visited as Metrop.
[olitan.] Iaglit.[ution] B.[ook,'] ii. p. 160.

This Parish is very large and populous, near 8 ni.[iieB] long

obtalnod B site from Beginold Weet, Lord La Warr, the nejihew of his Patron, on the
iith of Augiut, 12tb H«U7 VJ.~Beitpieke Ecid. Pike Bouie. D'.

In 1547 Edwanl VI. disiolTed this Collects InstitulJon, iin(L liaiing leixed the
endowments, dBmiaed them to Edward, Earl of Derby, subJBut t-o wrtnin penaions to
the CLergj. Quiwn Murjt restored tbe greater part of (beao posBOssionB, (but not the
CoUegialQ Houeo, now used ag Chetham's HodpittU,) and the College, thus robbed and
■[loilDd, was re-c^stablisbcd.

lu 1678, OD the petition of the Inhabitants of Manchester, lupportM bf Dean
Mowell, Q.mwn Eliiabeth renewed tbo Foundation Chartor, which comprehended one
Wardrn, Priest, to be a Bacbelor of Diiinlt; at lea«t, four Fellows, Prieats, to be
Bachelors of Arts, two Chaplains, fonr Laymen, and four Choristers. At this time
the name traa changed to "Christ's College," and the Tithes and Lands were restored

A DOW Chnrliir, drawn b; Arohbishop Laud, was granted to the College, wbleh was
incorporoteil the 2nd of October 163S, [and not in 1G36, as in the Text,] b; Charles t.
Testing the appointment of the Warden in the Crown, and rcDderlng tbo Fellowahipa
elective by the Warden and Fellowa. The Warden's olBee, notwithstanding tbo state-
ment in the Text, was coniidered to be a dignity, without euro of soula, whilst the
Fellowships were regarded as similar to CanoiuieB in CatbedroU. It was aleo pro-
Tided that there ihould be two Chaplains or Vicars, being Bachplors of Arts, and
two Ckrka, one of whom to be in Holy Orders, to viait tbe sick, and do other Paro-
chial duties. The Biabop of Chester, for the time being, was appointed Visitor.
this time the Cbureh, which had become much dilapidated, was repaired, and oficc-
tiuJly restored. The College was again ruthlessly diisolred, by Ordinance of Parlia-
ment, for the sale of Dean and Chapter Lands, in l&ll), although aome of the besi
lawyers of tbe time thought that it did not come within the meaning of the Act.

Charles II. restored thia ahattered Foundation, and it waa allowed to continue un-
molested for nearly two oenturiee ; when, in 1835, King William the Fourth appointed
oertain Commiasioners, of which the Archbishops of Canterbury and York were the
head, to oODsider the state of the Established Church witli reference to Eculesiastical
Duties and Rerenueaj and in their firat Bfport, dated the 17tb of March 1835, the
Commissioners wisely recomucnded that two new Sees should be erected in the Pro-
nnce of York, — one at Manohester, and (he other at Ripon. In their second Eeport,
dated the 4th of March 1836, they recommended that tbe CoUcgiste Cliurches should
be made the Cathedrals of these rospocliTe Sees ; and that at Manchester, the ancient
titles of Warden and Fellowa, should be altered to Dean and Canons. On the 21at
of July 1S47, an Act passed the Legislatore, for establishing the Bishoprick of Man-
cheater ; and woordiog to the proTiaiona of the Act, the Bishop hod not ■ aeat in

64 ^otttia Ctstrtrneia.

(or 12 Btatute miles) one way, aud not much lesse the other way.
lu [the] preamble to y last Charter the Inhab. [itauts] are said to
be about 20 thous'i. V.[ide] Camd.[en] Brit. Eng. p. 799. In

tbo Home of Lorda unlil the dcmiae of a Prelate, and on that event taking plat-o,
it nag provided that be should take Im aeat, but tbst the junior Bishop should not.
On the lOlh of August 1917, her Majesty, bj bd Order in Couucil, oonflrmed the
scheme of the EcclealBStieal ComtaiBsiDners. From the Ist of September 1847,
the CoUegiftte Church nas constituted a Cathedral Church and the scut of n Biahop,
and was inTiskvl with all the honours, dignities, and pririleges of a Oathedm! ; imd
the Dean and Canons were constituted the Dean and Chapter (hereof.

From the same day, the Deaneries of AmoundemBts, Blackburn, Mnnche«ter, and
Lcjland, and the whole Pnrish of Leigh, including the Townships of Asllcy, Atlierton,
Bedford, Pennington, Tyideslcj with Shakerlej, and Wistloigh, otherwise Leigh in
the Deanery of Warrington, and such parts of the Deaneries of KeniW and Kirkbj
LodsiUId ra are In the county of Lancaster and Diocvso of Obester, were detached and
disserered from the Diocese of Chester, and were (henceforth constituted the Dioceee
of Manchester ; and all the said Parishes, with their Clergy and Laity, were placed
under tbe spiritual jurisdiction, authority, and control of the Bishop of Manchester,
subject to the metropolilan jurisdiction of the Arehbishop of York.

The Patronage of all beneficed belonging heretofore to any Prebendary in tbe Col-
iegiato Church of Southwell, was to be alternalJ-ly eicrcbed by the Bishop of Ripon
and the Bishop of Msnehester.

Tbe See of Manchester is diridod into two Arohdeaconrics, styled tbe Archdea-
conry of Manchester, and the Archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the former consists
of the Deaneries of Blackburn, Manchester, and Leylond, and the whole Parish of
Leigh, including the Towiuhips before mentioned, and Iho said Parish of Leigh
is detached from the Deenejy ot Warrington, and forms a part of the Deanery
of Manchester; whilst the hitter Archdeaconry, consists of the Deanery of Amoun-
demesB, and so much of (he Deaneries of Kendal and Kirkby Lonsdale as are included
in the Diocese of Manchester, and those portions are detached from their said
Deaneries, and are constituted and called the Deanery of TunstalL The Bishop of
Manchester collales the Archdeacona.

There Is also constituted In the Diocese of Chester a new Archdeaconry, styled tbe
Arehdeaconiy of LiTerpoot, which consists of the Deanery of WIrrall in the county
of Chester, and Ihe sajil Deanery of Warrington, so altered a* abore described.

That portion of the Deanery of Kirkby Lonsdale which is in Westmoreland, Is
umeied to that portion of Ihe Deanciy of Kendal which is in Ihe same county, and
they, together, constitute the Deanery of Kendal; and tlie Deanery of Coupland in
Cumberlaud, and Che Deaneries of FnmOfl and Cortme] in Lancashire, ore dissevered
from the Diocese of Chester and are annexed to the Diocese of Carlisle. A now
Ajehdcaconry is to be created and styled the Arehdeaconiy of Westmoreland, con-
■iating of the said Deaneries of Kendal, Fumes, Carlmel, and Coupland.

Ulraiin'j) of JHnutlicstei'. f35

[the] Act of Coiisecr" of Salford Chap, [el] an. [no] 1635, [it is
stated that there were] near 30 thoiis. [and] Commun. [icants.]
Ward,[en] Wroe's Actf 1706.

Near 20 thous.[and] in [the] town and pariah. Pap. Reg.

Presentation to y* Chantry of St. Nicholas vi'^ia the Colleg.
[iate] Church of Manch', by Mr, Trafford, an, [no] 1542.3 j„giit.
[ititon] B.look,'] p. 12.

An Order [was made] about a Chappell in this Church bc-

* There were sereu Chmitrira iu thia Cullcgo at the time of the Diiisolmion, snid to
havB been founded by Bob*rt GreUoj, Thomaa Bokp, William Bmlcliffe, Robert
ChetluiD, Bishop Stiuiky, Bslpb Hnlmo, and Aleiauder Bcswiokc, Of these, the
Indenture of Sale of that founded br Aieiuider Beawicbe, stiU remtiiua amongst
the Piko House Eridences, in Ihu fiimilj of the founder, to whom it might be eon-
lajtA on the restoration of tho Chantrj bj Quien Mary, when the deed of
alienation was rcrcrwd. It is dated the 2ad of September, 6Ch Edward T7.
1562, and purposea to be a conveyance from Edward Bray, John Thornton,
and John Danby of London Qente. to Simon Aynsworth of London Gent, in con-
eiderstion of £310. lOe. of all that our lat« Chantry, founded by Alexander Bosaike
within the Church of Manchester, to)|utlier with its endowment of sixteen mea-
Bunges, and a water-mill, and nil lands to the same belonging, situate in the Parish
of Bolton, or elsewhere, in the connty of Lanraater, in tho tenures of James
Knoweo, Richard Nabbe, Anthony llolnic, Roger and Lionel Cromplon, William and
Edmund Brooke, Adam and JameH Isberwooil, and Margaret, wife of the said Jamci,
Thomas Ro9conc, and Alieo his wife, Alioe Roseuwe, and Henry her son, Tbomns
Crompton, KathortDO, relict of Elis Crompton, William Crompton, Hugh Hilton, and
Mai^aret his wife, John Harryson, and Agnes his wife, and John Anderton, or their
auigns. Also, a measuagu and fourteen acres of laud, lying in Beiwieke Bridge, near
Uancbesler, and in the Pariah of Mancheatcr, in the tenure of John Anderton, and
to the said Cliantry belonging, with all rents, serrices, lu:. in Mant-hcstiT, Harwood,
Brightmeade, Bolton, and Benvicke, all in the county of Lsneasler, Alao, tboae an-
nual rents of 20b, Sd. to tbe same Chantry pertaining, eborged on the Unda of Thoa,
Bromley, Hieliard Sanntleraoo, William Haalam, Elia Ilaslam, James HarrjBOn,
Richard Qrenehough, Elis X,omai, Elis Saundenon, Robert Tongp, Balpiio Tonge,
Qeffrcy Todson, OcflVey Qrenehaugh, Laurence Bradshagh, John Cromplon, and tbe
widow of Thomas Aynawortli, Henry Crompton, Alice Hilton, Wm. Cromplon,
Robert Hamor, and Edmund TraObrd Kot. in MaDChester, Hurwood, Brightmeade,
Bolton, and Bciwicke, in as fuil a manner as the same were conveyed, Mer alia by
Edward TI. by LellCTS Patent, dated Ely, let of September 1562, lo be held of the^
King, and hia aneooaaors, as of the Manor of East OTeonwich in the county of Kent.
Seisin of tho prcmiaea was given by Robert Ayusworth, HumA7 Colwych, and Richard
Lerer Qmi.—Lam!. MSS. vol oir,

VOL. II.] K

66

0Atiti& essttimniA.

long.[ing] to Mr. CeciU [TraffordJ an. [no] 1634. Reff.luter]
B.look,} ii. p. 876.

Aii.[no] 1629j Sain.[ucl] Bordmao, "Socius Coll. de Manchcst.
k Reg. Eliz. Fund." Suba.[criljes the] Art.[icleB] and takes y
Oath of Can.[oiiicaI] obed. [ience] to [the]BP. V.fide] Subs.[crip-
iiwt] B.[ook.]

An.[uo] 1673, 8 Wardens, and 5 Assist, [ants.]

One Mr. Trafford Las by prescription a Right to nominate a
Parish Clark, but that Clark cauiiot Depute another, V.[ide]
Dispute, an. [mo] 1693, Pap. Rey.

Leave [was] given to y" 2 Chaplains to build a Gallery and let
y" Seats for y" use of them and y' success, [ors,] in y* same manner
as they doe two other Ancient Galleryes erected for y* same use,
[one erected by Humphrey Booth, Merchant, in 1617,] the profits
of W^ are confirmed to y" in y* same Instnun', an. [no] 1717.
Reg. [inter] B.^oolt;] 4.
BffaUian of The Pariah of Manch.[e8ter] is divided into six parts, viz. Man-
tbE 19«iil). ^j^^^ Salford, Newton, Withington, Blakeley, Stretford.
CofniK. f"tie first division contains the TownsP of Manchester only, and

has 3 Churchw. [ardcns] and 4 Assistants or Sidesmen, chosen
accord.[ing] to [the] Canon.

[The] 2'' Division contains Salford, Broughton and Carsall,
[Kersall,] w'' take it by turns to Iiave one Churchw. [ardcn] and
3 Sidesmen, chosen accord. [ing] to [the] Canon. .

[The] 3'! [division contains] Newton, Kirkmanshulme, Droyls-
den, Failsworth, Bradford, Opcnshaw, Gorton, and 2 Ardwicks.
These take it by turns, and have one Churchw. [arden] and 3 Sides-
men, Can.[ouically appointed.]

[The] 4"" [dirision contains] Withington, Redish, Didsbury,
Burnish, [Buruedge,] Mosaide, Chorlton, Heatou Norris, Denton,
Houghton, Levens-hulme, Hulme. These have one Churchw.[ar-
den,] nominated by Lady Bland, and 2 Sidesmen.
• [The] S*** [dirision contains] Blakely, Chetham, Strangeways,
Crumpsall, Tetlow, Mostou, Harpcr-heigh; one Churchw. [arden]
and 2 Sidesmen [appointed] acc.[ording to the] Can. [on.]

Qcanei's of KSAticttratcr.

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[The] 6'*' [dirision coutaina] Stretford, Traffoi-d, EusLam,
[Rusliolme,] Fallow-field, Yieldhouse, Bircli, Piatt, Chorlton-
Bow; one Charchw. [arden] and 2 SideBiueii [are] iioin.[inatcd]
by M' Traffoni.

Gorton is a Cliappelry by itself. 3 Wardens. V.[ide] Gorton.

Reddish,'' Hulmc,* OrdsaU,^ Hulme,'' Clayton.^ Strange- Iftaltt.
ways," Garratt,'" Keraall," Ancoats," Barlow," Culcheth,'* and
Slade's.

* A familj of the local niune naided hi^ro &om a Tory early period. The liut lieir
male, Alexander Baddisb, who died in 1G13, married Catiuuine, daughter and hi-Ircss
of Hxunphrey Dcthit'k of Iiongford and Newholl in the eountj of Derbj, bj whom ho
left two daughlCTs and cohoireasos, Sorah and Grace, The former married Clement,
■ixtb Mm of Lord Chief Jualiire Colce, from whom Scddieh paaaed in BUcoeasion totha
late T. W. Coke of Holkham Enq, eroated Earl of LeiccHler in 1837, and wag sold b;
him, with hi» other ]>n™sbire properly, about 1792.

The ancient Hall, taken down about the year 1780, was a large quadrangular timber
building, surrounded by a moat. It contained a Domentic Chapel, the entrance to
whicb was on tbe left band, under t]ie gateway leading into the quadrangle. The
large ball was wainacoated, and m the upper panels were cmred Bumeroui anna of
alliance of the Reddish familj, A pen and ink sketch of the hall it in the poaaouion
of tbe Ber. John Piocope M.A. of Famdon.

* Uulme Hall, in Keddiall, wa* the residence of Laurence Hulme, third son of
Robert Uulme of Hulme, in the Sth Hi^nr; V. and continued in the same name until

r the death of WiUiam Uulme Esq. in 1691, vthose munificent charities haie added a

lustre to the name which feudal aristocnw^ failed to Impart. He wu bom in 1631,

I and married Eliiabetb, daughti^r of Ralph Robinson of EeKraley, by whom he had

issue a son, Banastn- Uulme, who died a minor. — [3ee p, 11 Note 5, and p. 72, Note

18.]

OrdshaU was the scat of Sir John RaJcliflc {younger eon of Richard Radclitfe of
Badcliffo) in tbu 31st Edward I., Knight of the Shire in the 14th Edward in. and who
the sad year of the lamo reign. He married Jennet, daughter of Sir Robert
Holland, aislOT of Thomas, Earl of Kent, Hin descendant, Sir Aleiandor BadclilTe
ied, befuni 1629, Jane Rsdclifle, the natural daughter and heiress of Robert
Radclitfe K,0. aflb Earl of Sussoi. Sir Alexander was the last of his hmil; who re-
sided at OrdshaU- Uia widow was living in 1668, and bis only son, John Badcliffe
Esq. dying without male issue, (Will proved in London, oo 2lBt July 1669,) the Estate
>ld, and the line was continued by Robert Rsdclifie of Withinshaw Esq, sixth and
youngest son of Sir Aleriander R^dcliffe, and uncle of the last owner. His deeceudant-
is Robert Badelyirc of Foxdanton Esq. The house is built of wood and pkster, rar-
roundeJ by a mont, with nn embattled gateway orcr the bridge. The great banquet-
ing-hatl stands upon pillars, and the oriel it fllle<l with painted glass consisting of

^tftia etittitnnin.

1 !)E Scliool here was Founded by Htigh Oldham, Bp of Exeter,'*
j an.[no] 1519, who purchased some lauds near Manchester
and y" Mills of y' Town of L^ de la Ware for a long term of years,

figures and armorial biairiiigH. It is tho propectj of Wilbrahmn Egerton of Tatton
Park Eeq. and Ims long b*»Q dirided into numerous lencmentB.

I John do Uulme hi'til Hulmc in the n^igu of Henry II, and OeoflWi; de Hulmo ntu
found to hold hit lands in Uulme uudur the Earl of Jjancuter iu the lOth Edwnrd
XL Hulmo Hall woe the Manor Honac of Balph de Prestwiuh in I'134, and continuod
in hi* dDBCendailli until the Manor vtf sold by Sir Thomae Pmtwii^li, the second
Baronet, to Sir Edward Moaley Bart, id 1660, the solo being confirmed bj an Ad of
Parliament in 1673. The Estate passed in marriage, iu 1635, with Aiine, danghtDT
and heiroag of Sir Edwnrd Mosley to Sir Jolm Bland of Kippai in the umintj of
York Bbj^. M.F. In 17E1 il was sold b; hia grandson. Sir John Bland, to George
Llojd of Manchester Esq. nud purchased iu 1764 by the Duke of Bridgewater, in
whose Truitew it is now vested. The Hall, a large quadranguhir building of wood
and plaater, has beeo lalelj pulled down. In one of the rooms were aome beautiful
carvinga, chipflj heads, supposed to bo by foreign artists, and whicU are engraved in
Boinea's Laacmiire, Some jcara ngo, the Uie Mr. Brodahaw of Worslcy had the
carvings removed, and after being eleonscd from sueeesaive ooats of jiaiut, placed
them iu a wninscoBliid room in the old Hall at Womley.

' Clayton was obtained in the time of Xi"g John by Robert de Byron, on hia mar-
riage with Cecilia, dangbter and heiress of Clayton. It eunliuued to be the

chief residence nf the Byron family until the middle of tho sixteenth century, and was
eold along with "the impaled ground called Clayton Park," and the reputed Manor of
Clayton, by Sir John Byron Ent. to George Chetham of London, groeer, and Hum-
phrey Chethnm of Manchester, chapmnn, by Indenture dated the 20tli of February
1620, for £1,700. There are still some small remains of tho Uonae, and a moat with
a stone bridge over it.

' Strangcways was licld by Thomas de StrangewayB, who died in the year 1389. It
oontinaed to be the residence of the Strangcways until about the time of James or
Charles 1. when it was sold to John Hartli^ of Mauehoster, draper. In the begin-
ning of the eighleeulh eimlury it was in tho poascaaion of Mrs. Catherine Eiohards,
widow, who by Will dated Morth 3rd 1711, devisfd it to Thomas Reynolds of St.
Olavc, Hart Street, London, Esq. ancestor of the present owner. Lord Dado.

"' Qarratt Hall woa an extremely picturesque wood and plaater house, of consider-
able siie, with numerona gablea and tall ehimneys, and was the seat of a braneh of
the Trafford &mily in tho fonrtecnth century. The lost heir male of this family was
Balph Trafford E^. who diod in 15S6 or 1656. In 1596 Oswald Mosley of Manelies-
tor, cbthier, third son of Edward Mosley of Hough End, purchased Qarratt Hall
from Thonuu, Lord Gerard, and the sole was eonflrmeil by William Gerard of Harrow
on the Hill, and Philip Oerord of Oray'a Inn.

" Kersall Coll nnd Manor were granted by Henry II. to the Priory of Lenton in the

Ocanns of IHanrijeflter.

the reversion of w'*' being bought by Hugh Beswick aud Joau
Beswick, widow, (wh. [ether] with their own money or y" Bp"' is
uncertain,) about IG Hen. 8, they settled y™ for ever npon 12

ooimtj of Ifottiughnm, and were hold by the fourth port of a Knight's fee. They
were granted the 21th of July in the 32d Henry TUI. to Boldnin Willoughby Esq.
and were sold by him to Ralph Kenion of Gorton, who, on the 10th of Septnnber in
the Bd Edward VT. convpyed two parts of the Cell, Mnnor, and Demesne lands to
Richard Siddall of Withingtou, and James Cfaetham of Crumpnall Ocnt. for £248.
KotsbII Cell is now the seat of Miss Atherton, by descent from the Bjroms of
Manchoatcr.

" Ancoats wm held bj- Sir Ediaund Traffbrd of Traflbrd Knt. in the SGth Henry
Till, Qoder the Lord De la Warp. I( allerwards became the property of the Byroos
of Clayton, and waa sold on the 23d of January in the 6th Jap. to Oswald Mosky
Req. for £250. The houae has been rebuilt bj Che present proprietor, George
Murray Esq.

'■■' Barlow Hail, in the Township of CLortton cnm Hardy, is five miles south of Man-
chester, and the Manor was held by Sir Bob. de Barlow in tbe 26th Edward I. The
bmily lived heroin 1720. In 1786 the Manor and Lordship of Barlow and the llall,
Ute the Estate of Thomag Barlow Esq. deceased, were advert iaed to he sold under the
authority of an Act of Parliament. The yearly value was stated to be £800. It is
the property of Wilbraham Egerton Esq.

" Culcheth Hall witiiin Newton, was formerly the residence of a family of theloeal
name, one of the last of which was Byron Cnkheth, who died in 1021. The Estate,
however, had been previously oequired by tbe Byrons of Clayton, and it was sold by
Sir John Byron the younger of Eoyton Knt. by Doed dated the lOth of February
in the 11th Jae. to John lAliitworth of Newton Gent, for £600. At the close of the
seventeenth eentury it became the property of the Oreaves' of Manchester, who had
been apothecaries, and was sold by the late EdwarJ Greaves Esq. who was High
Bheriirinl8]2. All that is left of the old Hall is tbe wainscot of a room in the pre-
sent building, erected about a cMmtury ago.

" Slade Hall, or as it was originally named, Milkwall Blade, was sold in the 19th
Elizabeth by Ralph SUde, and Joan his wife, with Thouuu their son and heir appa-
rent, of Breerchurat in the county of StaiTord, to Edward SiddaQ, yeoman, ancestor
of the present owner.

" By an Indenture dated the 'iOth of August 1615, (now amongst the Btiwicte Evi-
dftKei,) and made betwa.>n Hugh Oldham, Bishop of Exeter, Thomas Langley, Rector
of Prtwtwich, Hugh Berwyke, Chaplain, and Ralph Hulmo Gunt. o( the first partj
the Abbot and Convent of Whalley, of tbe second pari.; and the Warden and Fellows
of the College of Manchester, on the third part ; reciting that the said Hugh Bexwylce
and Ralph Hulme, together with Joan Beiwyke, widow, sister of the Bishop, had by
Indenture, demised to the said Warden and Fellows the Mancheater com mills,
which thoy [the mH Bishop, A".] held of the Lord Lii Warr for seventy years.

70

^otttia CfHttitnfttfl.

Peoffeea for y' use of y* School, v^ was made Free to every body

IStftUMtt. by y Foundation; the Sal.[ary] of [the] Master being then 10'

EUftCT. P'E^''] an, [num. and of an] Usher, 5' p.[er] an.[uum; the] head

Scholars to teach EugUsli : But y" value of coin rising and y" Rent

of y* Mills being advanced, the Sa!,[ary] of [the] Head Master is

now 80' p. [er] an.[niini,] w'*' a good House and Garden, and about

3' 7' out of y Dutchy-rents, given by Q.[uceii] Eliz. [abeth.]

2B Starter. [The] Sal.[arj'] of [the] 2^ Master is 401 p.[er] an.[Qum] ; a

Gratuity of 8', with a Garden and some Cottages, and ab' 3' p.[er]

an. [num.]

far certain aeet therein uipreased; Bod (nrtber recitiiig that the Mid Bolph Eutme
and Rich&rd Hunt hod alio domued to the slid Warden and Pellovg lands in
AncoBtn, which thoj held jointly irith Ralph SondBfartb, D.D. deoiisefl, John
Vi»oj, Archdtncun of ChesUir, and Thonuu Marler, as fooir«» of Barnard Oldham,
Archdeacon of Cornwall, for the like term of aoventj year*, for certain usea, all which
premiiea wure worth £40 u. year; tmd it was witnessed tbnt the said Hugh Oldham,
the Warden and Fellowa, thv laid Ijinglcy, Beiwyke, and Hulme should provide a
fit person, secular or regular, to inntrutt BCholars in Manchester, paying hitn £10 a
year, and also £6 a year (o h)» usher. Although the rnills and other property were
(hlU invested in the Wanion and Fellowi, an Trmleee of the School, yet the said
Hugh Bexnyke and Joan Beiwyke on the let of April IEEE, by Indenture of feoff-
ment, recited that Thomas West, Ijord La Warr, had by Deed dated the 3rd of
October I50B, con&nned to the eaid Hugh and Joan, with the said Ralph Hulme,
since deceased, the rerersion of all the said mills, &c. to hold to their own \isv,
in fee, therefore the; conveyed the same to certain fresh tnislees, along with a bur-
gage in Mil! Qsto, which Hugh and Joan had by the gift of Hugh, Bishop of Exeter,
by Deed dated the 19th of May 16tb Henry VIII. and further reciting that Hugh,
Biabop of Eieter, deceased, for the good mind wliich he had to the comity of Lan-
eacter, where the learning of grammar bod not been taught for lack of sulTlcient
8chiM>linut4!ra and ushers, had built a School-house in Manchester, adjoining the Col-
lege, and had purchased a lease of the com mills, and caused lands in Ancoats, and a
burgage in Mill Oate, along with the said Hugh and Joan, to be oonvorted to the main-
tenance of the said School in Manchester for ever, according to the constitutions
made by the said Hugh and Joan Boivyke, who were to nominate the Master during
thrir respectlTe lives, and after their dmth the nomination to dciolre on the Prtwideat
of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. In 1699 the Trustees purcluucd &om John and
Hannah Beswicke for £326, another messuage, in Mill Qalc, Manchester, and in 1T&8
the Charity was regulated by an Act of Parliament, 3&1 Qeorge 11. c. 61, and the
ilihabitanti> wore discharged from the obligation of grinding any gnin, eicrpt
malt, at the School mills. In ISEC Ihc total income of the Trucf nmounlud to
£«,40S. 17i>- lid.

L

Stantii) of IttanffjtBtrv, 71

The Feoffees liave added a third Master for teaching Eng.pish,] safflntttt.
whose Sal.[ary] is 16' p.[er] an. [num.]

But the Rents of y^ Mills exceeding these Allowances, the Feof-
fees (as they are appointed by Statute to doc) allow y" overplus to
he disposed of by [the] Warden and Head Master in Exhibitions
to Poor Scholars sent from this School to either Univ. [crsity,] viz.
5' p.[er] an. [mini] each from [the time of their] Entrance till they
are Batch, [elors] of Arts, and [in] y last year 10'.

The Nominat. [ion] of y" 2 Masters is [vested] in y" President of
Corpus Xti Coll: Oxon. who, upon every vacancy, is to present one
w"'in a month, to y* Warden of Manchester, who is Visitour of y
School. Vide Copy of Stat. Pap. B.look.]

It appnare from some rermt prorr«dinga in the Vice Chaiu^Uor'g Court, (December
IS4B,) that, owing to na inireaae in the funds of the School, the Uaatcn' ealarieo were ■
BOgmeDted, twelve EiliibitiaDi of £60 eacli were instituted, and that in 1832 the
■nrpluB revenue tioTiiig aocuinuUt«d to £130,000, in the three per cent;, on order wu
obtained on Petition under Sir Samuel Romilly'a Aet, (62d George in. p. 101,) for
a refcrenee to the Muter to settle a scheme for the future msnagemcnt of the Cha-
rit;, and to enquire whether it would be b«neBcuil that anj eiteneion of the School
•bould take pUco, and aUo if any surplus should be eipended in repairs and rebuild-
ing of the School-house, &o. then much dilapidated. Xhe Ineome had int^reaspd to
£4,500, leaving a surplus itflor all outgoings of £2,800.

The Moater's scheme provided for eitra tuition in msthematies, 4c. and £10,000
was set apart for rebuilding the High Master's house and other improvements, out of
the surplus fund. The system of boarders was sanctioned, the eihibitions were cou-
tinued, and the Maslcn' salariue nero increseed. In 1835 this scheme was impugned,
chiefly on the ground that the Truetcea were not residents in Manchester, and there-
fore ineligible Tor the oHIco, and that the sjBtcm of boarders (which called for the
rebuilding of the High Master's house) was at variance with the intentions of the
Founders. The case was argued before Lord Cottonham, who, on the 10th of
November 1640, delivered his judgment, and eipressed his opinion that the Trustee!
ought not to be removed, ^ that all children capable of instruction were eligible for
admission, — and that hosnlers were not to receive the Exhibitions. The case waa
re-heurd before Lord Lyndliurst, who eiprcsaed a strong opinion in favour of tha
praclioe of taking boarders being in consonance with the Foundation Deed and the
powers contained in it, and referred it to the Master to settle the limitations and r«-

ricliona under which boarders were to be taken.

On the nth of January 1849, Vice ChanceUor Shadwell doirecd that as the Truj-

ea had not sanctioned the taking of boarders by the Masters, Lord Lyndhurst's
hypothesis waa the rererse of the hci, and that no boirdf ra should be admitted.

w

jiolitia Cceirinifsta.

Bu4tMo( [The] Dutch.[esa] of Somerset" has settled lauds for [the]
eriiiftlhanl maiatcnance of -i- Scholars ui Brazenn. [ose] CoU.[cge,] to be
elected out of this School, who were bom in Lodc. [ashire,]
Chesh,[ire,] or Heref.[ord] shire; and for other Scholars, to be
chosen out of Manch', Horef,[ord] and Marlb. [orough] Schools,
by turos.

Williani Hulmc Esq. of Kearsley,'** in 1691 devised Lands for

Can tain
erljiliUiond.

Tliu preseut Scbual-hoUBO vraa built upon the old foundation, >□ lliu j'Mrs 17T6 and
1777- Thcro is a terj mean view of it in Buckler's llftrt of Endomed fkhooU, 4Io,
IBS7, uid tho writer says tbiit "Engli Oldhoni, a UHtiTe of Oldliun, founded this
School sometinu! prior to the 16th Uearj Vnl." TIw Bishop nns not hma at Old-
ham, bul at Crumpsall, in the pariah of Maochrater. — Laite. MSS, vol. xxii. and
Dugdale's JTjiit. of Lane.

" The Duchws of Somerset was Sanili, daughter and cobeir^Bs of Sir Edward
Alatoii Kul. M.D. of London, nnd married flr»t, George, eon nnd heir ap|mrcut of Sir
Harbottle QrimsCone Oart. Hocondlj^, JoliD, fourtli Duke of Somerset, (who died in
167S,) and (hirdlj', Henry, Lord Colereine. Her Oriee died ianueleae in 16K2, and
hor estatea paaied to her niece, Mary, wife of Henry Booth, first Earl of Wnrriagton.
S«e Oranger's Bitt. of E<tg. rol. si. p. 1G2.

'" Mr. Hulme'i Will a dated Econle}-, the 20th of October 16B1, and he first gires
and devises lo William Bagule; Oi^t. his "eoEen," and his assigns, his lands at
Kcsrslcy, Outwood, and Wbitelleld, held under leaae of the Earl of Derby and John
Stnrliie Esq. in Trust, to pay jcarly to Richard Ba^ey, his brother, Cbriatopher
and Alexander Baguley, his uncles, £11) each, and to permit SliEsbetb Hulme, the
testator's wife, to occupy the Keoreley Estate, at an annual rent of £18. Out of his
lands of inheritance at Ueaton Norris, Denton, Ash ton-under Line, Reddish, Man-
cheater, and Harwood, he derises to his wife during )ier life, in lieu of jobiture and
dowor, his capital messuage, sjid demense lands called Hulme, Edgecroft. and Hulme'a
Moor, in Bcddisb and Denton ; and after his wife's death bo charges these lands wifb
£10 a year oaeb, to his "coiaiia" Christopher, Alexander, and Biebard Buguley, du-
ring their respeetite Uves. And the reversion of all these lands ho gives to James
Clietham of Turton £8<).,WilliBU] Hulme of Davy Hulme Esq. and Ibe said William
Baguloj, hia "kinsman," and their heirs for ever, in Trust, to pay the annual rents
amongst " such four of tho poor sort of Batchelors of Arts takeing such Degree in
Eralenose Coll. in Oxford, na from time to time shnU resolve to continue and reside
there by the space of four years after such degree taken," and so to continue to such
Ibur poor Bachelors succeeBivel; for ever, to be nominated and approved of by the
Warden of Manchester and the Rectors of Prestwieh and Bury for the lime being.
He gives one-third of his personally to his wife. He gives to James Tavlor the
younger of Breigbtaiet,£15, owing on Bondi to Eliiabeth, mother of the said James,
£S ; and to James Taylor, her husband, 40s. wbiob he owed Imtator. [See p. II,

the maintenance of four of the poorest sort of Bachelors of Arts in
Rrazeunose College, Oxford, as should from time to time reside
there for four years after taking their said Degree ; such poor
Bachelors to be noia'^ and approved of hy the Warden of Man-
chester and the Rectors of Prcstwich and Bury.

I

Sole 5.] Ue gnve to the vife at James Burgma of Mniichcsler, £5; 409. esoh to bu
man and mud at^rraut; snd to " Joshua Dixon, CJerke, £6, whom T dtwire to preach
mj fiini^rall sennoni" and the risiduc he bequeathed ta the foui Bagulej-B, of nhoiu
he coDBtituted William Btgulej the *ole Executor. He afterwards gare his wife "the
chamber and goods therein, which were her late mother' «," and the goods and fiimi-
turn "in the chamber and rooms at Manchoitcr, where wm used to lodge," and "other
hou«ehold goods now iu Ihe house at Kearsley, where wee inhabit." Proved at
Chester, the 10th of March 1691-2, by the Executor. — Lane. MSS.

In 17SP au Aet of Parliament was obtained to enable the Trustees of Che Estate*
devised b; William Huljnc Esq. to grant building lenses thereof, and to inereJise the
niunber of Exhibitions in Braaenose College, Oxford. At that time four Baohelnrs of
Arts had been from time to time nominated, nud each had received £G0 a year. The
Estates had increased in value lo £360 per annum, and the IVustees had saved £3,000.
This Act was amended in 179B, and the Trustees wero empowrred to convey iu
fee, or grant leases for lives, or for long terms of jiiors, (he said Trust Estates, and
to make such allowance to the Exhibitioners as the^ might think proper. There
were at that lime ten Bachelors of Arts, each receiving £8u per annum, and the
Trust Estate bad increased to £1,180 per anuuni. Over and above the micrest of
£6,300, which had been saved. These Acts were agtdn atuended in I8I4, when the
Warden and Iwo Bcclors were empowered to nominalo Under Oradualea of Brose-
nose to the Exhibitions, and the Truiiteiii were empowered to find rooms and Ii>dg-
ings and other provision for the Exhibitioners, and also to found and support a
Divinitj Lecture in Brasenose College, and tu Ineor]>arste the Trustees. At that
time there were flftecn Exhibitioners, each receiving £110 per annum, the annual
prooeods of the Estates amounted to £2,502. 16e. 8<l. over and above tlic interest
of £23,700, which the Trustees had saved. The before-named Acta were furtlicr
amended in 1827, by enabUug the TrusU-es, out of tbc a<x;umulated funds arising
from the Trust Estate, to purchase Advowsons. The fifteen Eihibitioocrs each
received £120 a year for muntenance and lodging, and £36 towards purchasing
books. The gross annual income arising from lands amounted to £3,21)1. 17s. lid.
and the accumulated fund &om surplmi rents amouutcd to £42,303. 3s. 4d. The

the beoeHce, i

o be paid for each Advowson lo be purchased, n

lilt, to be 11

I Exhibit!

o exceed £7,1
a Baclielor of Arta
I, and in all respects otpahle of being,
: such beneflcc, with a power to expend
£700 in building or improving the Parsonage bouse pertaining to any of the LittDg*.

of the University of Oxford, i

aod ready and willing to be, presented t<

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jlotitia Cfsttieitftia.

Here is an Hoapitall founded by Hum. [plirey] Clietbam Esq.''

KoiyitM. an. [no] , Incorporated by Char.[les] 2d, designed for y^

maintenance of 40 poor Boyes, but enlarged to 60, by y* Go-

vern.[orB, in 1700,] to be taken in betw.[cen tho ages of] 6 and

In 1B39 B further Act ms obtiuned onabling the Tnutcea to biiild anil mdiMT
Churchei.

Thi- Hulmeiim EiMbitiona are now £150 enuh, i.e. £1^ id maaej, and £30 in
books, and are open to nutivea of an; part of England,

There ore now Biiteen Eibibitiona from Mr. Hulioe, Bixtppn from tbe Duiihess of
Somerset, in participation with natives of MDrlborough Hud Uereford, at BrawnoM
College, Oxford, rmd St. Jolin's College, Carohriilge, and «aleeii for the sole beneiit
of DstiTi-a of MancheBter.

'• IIiuQphrey Chetham of Clajton Esq. according to Dr. CliarlcB Leigh, "a great
eiample of indmlrious improvement," vas the fourth eon of Henrj Chetham of
CrumpsaU Oral, and baptiied at the Collegium Cburch of Hancbcater, Jnly the 10th
1680. He wa9 descended from a Knighll; ^milj of high antiquit; in the count; of
Lancaster, but being a younger son, he embarked in the FustUn Trade, for wbich
UHncheatcr was then ftunous. Qe vtaa allied to the Oldbams, and Bean-iclieB, who had
founded the Grammar School of Maiichcsler, and doubtleaa obtained Mb edumtion in
that useful inititution. Bj buccbbb in trade, he realiied a large forlune, and bought
Clayton Hall in 1620, and aftervards Turton Tower. In IG35 be sened the office of
Sheriff of the county. His Will ia dated the 16th of Dwitmbep 1651, and be died the
20lh uf September, and was buried in the Collegiate Chureb, on the 121h of October,
1653, in his aerenty-third year, hsTing been, accordiog to Fuller, "a diligent reader
of the ScriptnrfB, and of the works of sound Ditinw ; a respecter of Buch Ministers as
lie accounted truly godlj, uprigbte, aobcr, discreel, and aineere." Bj liis Will, he
provided that the Chtirity nhich he had commenced in hia life-time Bhouli! be perpe-
tuated) and, from the MS. Notes and Drafle of acyeral Willn, mule at various
periods of liis life, he appears to hare long contuDiplBted thia method of ilisposing of
a portion of his Estate.

The Feoffees are a body of gentlemen, twenty-fonr in number, incorporated by
Charter dated 20lb November 1665, by the nome of "The Govomors of the Hospital
and Library founded by Humphrey Chetham Esq. in Manchester ;" and the grosa
income of the Hospital, in 1S26, amounted to £2,608. 3e. lid. Eighty boya were
annually moinloiued, clothed, and educated in the Hospital, from 1T79 to 1S26.

Mr, Chetham bequeathed £1,000 for the purchase of books, as the foundatiou of a
Puhlie Library, and £100 to proviile a suitable buildiog for their reeeption, and gave
the residue of Ma personal eatate, said to have been £2,000, to augment tho Library and
lo support a Librarian. In the year 1826 (he income from the Library Estate amounted
to £bii per annum. Dr. Leigh estimated the number of volumes in the Library', in
the jmi 1700, M newly four tbonaond. It ia now about 20,000.

DFancrw of mantljrfltrr.

75

10, aud maintaiiied w"" meat, drink, and lodg. [ing,] to y* age of
14 [years ;] aud then to be bound out Apprent, [ices,] at y* Charge
of y* Hospitall.

The Revenue was at first 420' p.[cr] an.[nuni,] but by y* good
managem^ of ye Feoffees or Gov.[cmors,] is now 517'-08'01'<'.

Within y" Hospitall is erected by y" same Founder a Spacious
Library, to w"" is given 116' p.[er] an.[iium,] to buy Books for
ever.

[The] Sal.[ary] to [the] Libr.[ary] keeper is Chrtljam'*

who is put in by

There is also a large School for y" Hospitall Boyes, where they Cbtlljam'if
are taught to read and write. Sfo""'-

Hflien to y" Poor by Mrs. Richards*' 100' p.[er] an.[nuni;] by g,iKriatt.
G.[eorge]Clark,a'&i'-12'. a yf; [bythe] Buj^eases of Colli-

» Mrs. Catherine Richttnin, by WiU, d«wd 3rcl Marrli, 1711, doviaud liur Manor of
'Blnngewaj's, nod ber cnpital Messuage ciJled StraDgeiCBye Hull, and nil her landi in
HnncliMtcr, to Thomas Bejmolds Esq. and Muy hli wiic (for life), rcnuunder to
Froucia Reynolda their «an ; remainder to hia firat and othor Bona in tail male
charged with £100 a jear for erer, for the relief of widoirs of decajed tradeemun of
Manchenter, and for inatructin^ and apprenticiug poor boja and girLi, the i-hildren
of decBfed tradesmen, at the dia(3«Cion of the pcraona who should poaaoaa her laid
Eatales, together with the Warden of MaDehcslcr for the time being ; nud after
the detcrminBtion of these Estates, she deviaed her sold Manor, Ac. to tlie Warden of

Mancheeter for the time being, and hia sueecsi

n Tnist, that tbe i

u nieseuag^

csUed StrBDgowsja Hall, and £100 a year of the proceeds of the said Manor, should
be taken bj tbe said Warden, and hia eucMSiors; and that £150 a year of the
rents should, during the lirea of the Erst, second, third, and other aona of Niuholas
Hartley, or any iasue male of their bodies, be paid bj the said Warden to
Bueb issue: and she directed ihat all the residue of the rents, and the said
£150 a year, after the dotennination of the said Estates tail, last mvntioDed, should
be disposed of in tike manner as her bequest of £100 per annum to the Widoita
and Poor Children of Manthester. The property, in 1S2B, belonged to Thomas, Lord
Ducie, grandson and heir of Ihe said Francia Reynolds; and the ultimate deriae to the
Warden of Manchester appears to have been debarred by a HecoTcry in 1797.

" QivorgeCUrke was a haberdaaher in Manchester, and died in 1636. Heu described
by FaUer, as " a pUin honest man, juat, temperate, and fragal, and according to hia
underslonding, irhich in the world's oat«em naa not great, devout ; a daily frequenter
of prayers and sermoof in ihc CoUchc Church, and dying without iaeue, he made the

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^titta Ctnttimitin.

hurst [qu. Rowland Mosley Esq, who iu the 15th Jac, charged the
Collyhurst Estate with ^10 a yeai- to the Poor of Manchester,]
and Mr. Hartley, 10' each; [by] G.[eorge] Marshall, [in 1624,]
12' a year; [by] Edw. [ard] Maire, (or Mayes, who, in 1621, gave
^120, expended in land, and worth £1,875 a year, in 1826,) 9';
[by] Ed. Barlow, and Tho,[mas] Percival of Royton, (the latter
in 1693 left £150,) 7' each ; [by] Edward Barlow, in 1678, draper,
10' per annum ; [by Jam.[es] Mossc, (in 1705, ^6100,) 5'-0^ [>y]
John Alexander (in 1C88, land in Gorton,} 3' -5'; John Barlow
Gent, (in 1684,) 4i; [by] Mrs. Ellen Hartley, (widow of Nicholas
Hartley ; she gave in 1626 a burgage in Markct-stidd Lane iu lieu
of £20 given by her husband r tliis house was sold in 1822, under
an Act of Parliament to Improve Market Street, for £1,370,) 3';
[l»y] Walter Nugent and Margaret hia mother, (widow of Richard
Nugent, to be given in turf to poor householders, in 1609,) 2'. All
these anuuall sums in Land.

Given in money, in 1652, by Mr. Richard Holland, 100'; [by]
John Partington, (in 1677,) Henry Dickenson, (in 1682,) William'
Drinkwater, (in 1688,) Joshua Brown Gent, (in 1694,) 100' each;
[by] Robert Sutton,22 (by Will dated in 1687,) 400'; [by] Mr.
iVancis Cartwright, (in 1708,) 420'; [by] Mrs. Mary Chorlton,
(in 1706,) 50^, to be lent by £10 for five years, to young persons
natives of Manchester, who having served an apprenticeship iu it,
have a good character, and are members of the Church of England;
[by] Mr. Cole, 30'; [by] Humph.[rcy] Oldficld, (in 1690,} 201;
[by] W. Mosier, 10'; [by a] "Widow, in London, 9l-10>; [by] R.
Sandiforth, 5'; [by] J. Clough, 3' la-; Thomas Mynahull, by

poor u[ (liis lawn his heir, giying them £100 per imnum in good Unds, Ijing in
CninipMll and Tetlaw, within a nuJo of it." — (B'ortAtei o/'in«r(u*t«', p. 121, foL
HJ62.) The lands »rn now worth nearly £2,000 o year.

I' On a Urge iqunro tomb, near the Chnpter Uotiio in the Collegiate Church jord,
the letter* mueh worn, and the arniB doenyed, is this inseriplion ; " Robert Sntton of
Mimchcttcr, skinner, buryed Feb. 15, 1083, wbose charity at death did abound, and
to the poor he left £400, for erer. Ann, hia wife, buried .^pril 16, ITIS; Robert, his
son, buried Aug. 18, IBTB." Ilii Will was dal«l Doeember 29th, l(i87, arcording to
tha 16'* Rrpori r^tke Chari/g Commuiionfrt.

{3can£T5 of i«anrf)eB(tr. 77

deed dated 2d Dec. 1689, gave two Messuages in Manchest' to
bind out apprentices.

In all 14481 ■ 03' ■ 00^

And in Laud 267' ■ 02' ■ OOi p.[er] an [num.]

Ellen Sliuttloworth by Will dated April 20, 1695, gave 4^50;
the Interest for Linen.

l^Sj 2r. aKNlFS.' This Church was lately
@@S Built, and Consecrated an. [no] 1712.
V.[ide] Reff.[ister] B.[ook,] 4.

[It was] made a Rectorj' by Act of Pari*, and [the] Patronage
given to [the] B.[ishop] of Chester for y" time being, at y" desire
of y« Parish.

1 Dedicstcd to St Aiinc. Value ia 1S34, £380. RegiwUre twgiu in 1736.

Thii Cburcli wn» built under the 7tb Anne, cap. 6, (1708,) iu a close called the
Acrca, in wliieh Acres Fair wob ftccnstonied to be held. All the rights and does of
lie Collogiate Church were reaerrcd, and the Christenings, Weddings, sod Buriala
irerc to be registered at that Church, which latter rule wis onlj abserved until 1736.
The foundation stone was Uid by Dame Anne Bland of Hulme HoU, on the 18tli of
May 1709, and the Church was oonaeoraled on the 17th of Jnlj 1712. Lady BUnd was
the roost liberal eontribntor towards the building fiind, and presented the Coromunion
Plate, and a rich Telvct Altar Goth to the Church, which wiu built in the Corinthian
style of arebitectnre. Dr. C. Leigh stylos her "a lady of great temper, piely, and
pnidence." The Keutor ststfid iu 1723 that there was no Parish or Chapelry belong-
ing to St. Anne's Church.

Mr. Frescotl informed Bishop Oastroll, in 1717, that the following were the only
Churches which had been consecrated in the Diocese since the Restoration, a period
of fiAj-aeren years. Ho stated that the two Churches in Liverpool, and St. Anne's
in Htmcbester, wore endowed and prorided for by the sereral Aets of Parliament ob-
tuned on their behalf and that the Cliapcis had their several Fredncta, "which moved
tlie Bishop to consecrate them."

Witherslack, in the Par. of Bcetham, 29 Juno 1671.

'Whitehaven, in the Far. of S. Bees, 16 July 1693.

Hindley, in the Par. of Wigan. 1 Kov. 1698.

St. Peter's, Liverpool, 29 June 1704.

Seliide, in the Par. of Xendah>, 6 Feb. 1709.

Trinity Chapel, in the Par. of Warrington, 20 Sep. 1709.

St. Anne, of Manehoster, 17 July 1712.

WhiMharen, tnother Chapel 17

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ilotitia fffrstrtrnBiB.

It is worth about 100' p.[er] aii.[iiuni,] arisiug from y Pews,
w'' are to be let by j* Minister w"" y^ consent of six or more of y"
Inhab*, Commissioned by y* Bp, for any number of years not ex-
ceeding 21.

[There are] 2 Church w. [ardens,] appointed by [the] Bp accord,
[ing] to Act of Pari', who are made a Corporation to receive Be-
nefactions not exceeding 50' p-[er] an. [num.] for y« Repairs and
Utcnsills of y Church, and providing Bread and Wine for y
Sacrament.^

ESQSg tljtlt to this Church an.[no] 1717 by Mr. [George] Grim-
BnS sliaw, 1,000'; to be laid out [by his Executors, Mr. William
Hunter and Mr. John Di^lca, both of Manchester,] in a Rent
Charge, or Estate of Fee Simple, for [the] Reef. [The] Int.
[crest] in j" mean time to be p'' to [the] Rect'.

Given for Repairing this C'hurch by William Baguley Gent.* 2'
p.[cr] an.[num,] out of Lands in Deansgate; and by Mr. Sam.
[uel] Heywood,* 4'. 16" p. [er] an. [num,] out of Lands in Shover.
V. [ide] Act of Pari' New Reg.

' The Churebwardtme sppoinl^d by tiic Bishop do not nppcar to have acted in a rcrj
unanimous immner, and their grieranMs were brought uniler the notice of Biihop
Gnstroll in a long and querulous K-tler, dated ManchcdttT, Januafj 2lBt 1723-4. —
Lane. MSS. vol Letfm.

In the Chureh yard ia the square tomb of Dr. Thomas Deacon, tlio eelcbratod non-
juror, wbo died on the IQth of February 1753, aged 66, " the greatest of ainnera, and
the most nnworlhj of Priniil.ive Biahops," as he styled himaelf.

■ William Baguley Omt. by Will datM the llth of April 173S, and prored at Chea-
ter, gnTC £300 tovarda fouuding and endowing a Charity School in Manehvater; but
this sum seems to have been lost, and the Oharitj Commisaionera in Iheir 16th Brpori,
whilst mentioning £2, as payable out of certain premises on the easterly side of
Deansgate, to a Schoohniater, omit all mention of the real object for which this rent
charge was giren. Mr. Baguley gave several auma for various cbarilable purposes at
Ringley, and the site on which 9t, Anne's Church was built. Ho was the nephew (?)
and executor of William Eulme Esq. the Founder of the Sihibitions, and descended
from an old and wealthy Manchester family.

' Hr. Samuel Hayward gave, bj> Will, Ihis rent charie out uf his lands in Bholver.

JDranrrv of jnanrtjeattv.

^$»eie.' Certif.[ied] ai-lCOOi, gj-j^.p*
fi^^ arising from lands now held by Sam, i'"-^™.
[uel] Lees. Contrib. [utions] about 9*.

A Curate [was] Liccusedan.[iio] 1699. Y,[ide] Subs.l^criplioii]
B.[ook.-]

An. [no] 1720 [a] Curate [was] Licensed upon y Nomination
of Mr. Birch.

Consecrated by Up Chadderton. fVarden ff^oe's Actf- 1706.
Pap. Reg.

I. Junes. Value in 1831, £160. Brgisters begin in 1752.

The Chnprl wm buill bj tlip Bireh family short.lj sftiir the Reformation, thougli
■qipBrcnllj not connecreted until the time of Qupeo Elimbeth. The AdronBon and

Biroh Estate paused to DiukeaBOQ, merchant, of Manchester, in iLo last century,

■nd were Mraveyed in IB15 by Marj, daughter and heireaa of John Biukensiin Gsq.
uid his wife, Mary, di(ugh(«r of Charles, ehle^t aon of Lord Archibald Uumilton, in
muriagc to QcneraJ Sir William Adaoh Bart, (son of George Ailama Eaq. who
aaanmed the name of Aniton,) &tber of the preseat Patron.

In IBEIO Birch Chapel had a house and a little land belonging to it, Inlety purchased
by the iuhabitaats, and north £3, lOs. per anuum. Mr. John Wiggan was the Minis-
ter, nod painful at a Preaeher. He had received some nuuntenance out of the seques-
trations, but all orders cipiriug about Midsummer 1650, he then depcuiUd on the
contributions of the people. It waa considered fit to be made a iliutiiict Parish. —
Lamb. MSS. vol. ii.

On the 13th of May 1845, the foundalion atoue of a new Church waa laid, a few
yards to the eaat of the ancient Chapel of Birch, and the top stone was put into its
pUee on the 13th of May 1846, shortly after which the old Chapel was token down.
The Chtirch was consecrated by Bishop Sumner on the 1st of July 1840. It consists
of a Chancel, Nave, and Aisles, with a square Tower, surmounted by an octagonal
Spire, at the south-west angle. The Chancel a thirty-three feut by sixteen; ihu Nave
and Aisles, eighty feet by forty-eight. The height of the Spire is one hundred imd
thirty feet. The saered edifice is in the Early English style of architecture. The
east and west windows arc filled with exquisitely stained ghusi and great aceuraey of
taate is manifested in ail the details and arraugcmcnta of this beautiful Church. The
coat of the building was about £1,300, the principal contributors being the Patron,
Sir John William Uamllton Anson Bart, and his brother, the Rer. Q. 11. Grerillfi
AnKon M.A. the lucumbBnl of the Church, who gova ila.OOO. Large and admirably
constructed Schools were bidlt here during the Incumbency of the Rhv. George
Dugard M.A. The Township of RushoUno and port of Moss Side liare been con-
ttitated an EcclesiMtiool District and attached to Bbeh Chapel.

80 i^otitia Ctsti'inifiis.

3 ni.[ile8] from Mancliester.
ftan. Birch Hall.^

^djiial. ^^ff n Eng. [lisli] School only, but not Free.

I i,a»51.iE¥.' Certif. [ied] 27' ■ 10" ■
X 08^,^ viz. Chappell- house, 1' ; given by

' Birch Hull and Estate were granted bj deed a.± bul as esrlj aa tlic (imc of Bear;
111. b; MattJjew ite Hsvi'rsege to Matthew du Bireh, nad uontinued in thn Birch
turnUy until purchased bj Mr. Dickenson. It u now tlie propcrtj of his representa-
tivp. Sir J. W. H. Anton But.

' Dcdieiitt.-d to St. Peter. Vklne in 1B34, £110. Bt^giatcrs begin iii 1656.
In the year 1474 the townihip of Blakely was held bj John B;roii Esq. of the
beira ofSir TbomM West, sou and heir of BiehBrd, Lord De U Wan-, at an aonual

it<,f£;

s. 8d.

There wa« a ehapel here in and before the jeor 1648. Bt indenture d&tcd 16th
May 1611, Sir John Byron of Ncwsltnd, the alder, Knl. Sir John Bjron of Bojton,
the jrounger, Knt. "jouugcr oon and lieir apparent of the said Sir John Bj-run the
elder," Sir Peter Loigh of Lyme Knt. Sir Richard A»hrton of MJddlcton Knt. Bicliard
Aabcton Esq. son and heir apparent of the said Sir Richftrd, and John Holte of
Stubley Esq. coQTey and aell to Jobn Cudworth of Wemeth, Junea Chetham of Nut-
hursl, and Edmund Haworth of HaworCh, Gentlemen, in considerntioD of a certain
■um of money heretofore paid to the aaid Sir John Byron the son, by the inhabi-
lanta and fimners of Blatley, "ail that our Ohappell called Blakely Chappell, in
Blakely, and nil that yard or court wherein the aud ChappeU standeth, used fur and
colled the Chappell Yard, and one chamber or other building adjoint the Chappell, and
oommonly called the Chappell Chamber, and one garden and backside belonging lu
the aaid Cbappell or chamber, and all timber trees within the said Chappell Yard,
together nilh all deeds, evidences," &c. Cudworth, Chetham, and Haworlh, held the
premiaea in trust for " the inhabitants, (enanls, or farmers of BlaUcy, thoir heire and
assigns," and seisin was giren by Adam Holland and Robert Beguley of Newton,

Although (he Chapel, Chapel-yard, and Chamber, were thus sold by Sir John
Byrot^ wbo»e ancestors had probably been the original founders before 1548, the Inha«
bilants of Blakelcy do not appear to have eierelwd the right of Patronage, which haa
long been anneied to the Collegiate Church of Manchester.

In 1631 Bishop Bridgeman iasued a Comnuasion to Raphe Assheton Esq. Hum-
phrey Bootfa Qvnl. William Rathband, Clerk, Joteph Conitwdine, William Wardle-

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Oranern of IMjinr^rstrr. 81

JoD.[athaii] Dawson of Manchester, 20', p-[er] au.[iiuin]; Adam (|;g]Q„^_ j
Chethara, charged upon Land,* 17' ■ B**; Int.[ereat] of lOC, given

wortli, Jolm Bowicke, Williun Hejnood, George Pendleton, George Travii, uul
John Wardleworth, lo allot and distribute beuchee and seatii ill Ibe body of the
Chapel of BUkolpy in the Parish of Manchester, then ntvlj built or made uniform,
to the Inhabitants of the said Chapi'lrj; and on the ITtli orNoTcmber in the uune
year, the Bishop conGnaed the allotment of the said Commissioners. The inhabitants
>o placed in the benches are obliged to contribute, four times a ye^i, to the uJsrj of
the Minister who officiates, according to the rate died at the aUotliug of the seats,
and in esse of any rpruaing, the Chapel Wardens arc emponered lo waign the bench
or seat to another person, alwajs reserving; the rinbts of Ibe Biabop and hia snccea-
■Ors. Annexed to the confirmation is a platforni of the Cbapct and Clancel, and the
name* of the owners of »o»t». — Laac. MSS.

Id 1844, the Chapel, hating become too smail for the population, was taken down,
and a large and handsome Church erected. On tbe 10th of June ISIfi, a decision was
given in the Court of Queen's Bench against the claim of Mr. 'l*honiss Travis to two
pews in the new Church in lieu of two ancient prescriptive pims in the old Chapel,
on the ground that the nen- Church was not erected on precisely the same site as the
old one.

' Notwithstanding aomo of these ancient benefactions, the Commissioncra appointed
by Parliament for the abolition of Cathedral and Collegiate dignitaries and the con-
flaostiou of their Eatalea, returned Bkkeley iu tbe Farisli of Mauobcster, in i&iB, as
" one o( the seven Cbappolls of Ease that have noe Allowance to the Minisler»," and
the Tithes as being worth £26 per annum. — Pari. Surrof, Loinb Libr. In 1650
these fimctionariea again reported that " there was no EccleAiaatica] Benefice iritbiu
the Township of Blacktey except one dwelling-bouBe, buHt by the inhabitants for their
Minister, and a gift of ITa. 8d. per annum, received from R'' Gartside by the Chap-
pell re8^, for the use of Mr. Ja* Walton, the Preacher, who hath manifested dissat*
to the present Oovemm' by neglecf to observe daya of humiliat' and tbankagiviog
appointed by Ordinance of Farliament, and speaking ag" the Eogagcmcnt, by reason
whereof the same place these days was not supplyed. Tbe Titbe» are worth £15 per
annom, and were formerly paid to the Wanien and Fellows of Manch'; but Mr.
Walton hath no certain Salary, but what Ibe Inhabitants are pleased ruluntarily to
gi»e him in lieu of their Tithes, which they do not now pay."^Laioi. MSS. vol. ii.

' Although this payment is here, as well as in the Return of the Clerical C-onunig-
sioners appointed bj Bishop Qastrell to ascertain the value of the Livings in the
Deanery of Manchester, stated to bo " charged upon land," such was not tUe nature
of the benefaction, as Adam Chetham, by Indenture dated 28tb of September 1625,
granted and aasigned to Ralph Aasheton of Miildleton Esq. Humphrey Booth Gent.
and others, in Trust, for the better maintenance of a Minister to preach in BlacUey
Chapel ; and for the bettor relief and provision for the Poor inhabitinfi within Blaek-
ley i a house, a bam, and three oloietin SlaeUey, being four aorei of land, LanoHhiN
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Win, «Piar||Hl >ilh tn ubbU^ of /S, br th« mm of • Bwhiiiil— ilw iiWhitkg ivd

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Seanrrp of l^anrtirtiter.

Btft by Adam Chetliam an.[no] 1625, a'-lS-Oi p.[er] an. ^l^tinnti},
[nam,] ouc tliird of w^ to [be paid to the] Min.[ister,]
[sad the] other two thirds to y^ Poor.

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^g »01H.ff©K' Certif.[ied] IL 15' (H ^"flin-
iraBp.[er] an.[nuna,] being Int. [crest] of dSf^w
money left. Tliere was more, but 80' was lost by a Tradesman in
Manchester. No settled Curate.

An ancient consecrated Chap, [el.] Warden JVroe's Acif- an. [no]
1706. Pap. Reg.

2 Wardens an. [no] 1673, &c, [were chosen] w'' serve for 2
TownsP", viz. Chorlton and Hardy, vn^m y Manour of Withing- CotoiU. a.
ton. Chosen accord, [ing] to [the] Canon. Serve[d] formerly for

both TownsP".

3 m.[ile9] from Manchester.
Augmented with 200' an. [no] 1723.

Chorlton.^ ««n.

' Dedil^at«l lo St. CWment, Tolue in 1834, £109. Rcgiiters begin in 1787.

Chorlton wu a member of the Manor of ManFlicsIt??, and wu lirld in the 12th
EdwBrd IV. of the Lord dt- Is Warr by Henrj Trafforit, son of T1ioma« Tmfford Esq.
third son of air John TroObrd of TralTord Ent. Eltaa Entwislc also held taods here
at the aamo time and nnder the same Lord.

Id 1673 it wai provided bj the ErcloBiaatiisl Commiseioners that there should ba
" diligent and nonatant Preaching every Sunday" in Mancbe»ter Chureb, or in one of
the Chapcia nametl, tunongxt whirh it Chorlton. About 1617 Mr. PoUlt, Minister of
Chorlton Chaprl, was dismissed bj the CUaeis Ibr maintaining Episcopacy and de-
fending the use of the Surplieo and Book of Common Prayer. — Walker's Sffferingt
Oflkt C7«yy, pp. 40ttnd421. In 1660 Mr. John PoUit waa Incumbent of Milnrow,
and trai probably the same pereun. In 1650 there was a fund consisting of £69, which
" belonged jointly" to [Mr. Eichard Benson] tlie Curate and Sohoolmsstor of Chorlton,
who had received some allowance from the aequeatralions ; but that had ceased, al-
though bo was compliant with the detnandB of the ruling powers. Chorlton was
recammended to be made a Pariah, — Lnmb. SfSB. In 1717 Mr. Joseph Dale, the
Minister, held abo Iho Chapel of Birch, and staled that the inhabitanls of "Cbolorton"
lylntribut<^d but £10 a year to his maintenance. — Paper in lie Ser/iiliy at Cheittv.

' Chorlton Hall and ita small demeuac lands weru sold, in 1590, by Edmund TroSbrd
Esq. to Kalpb Borocold of Qolbom l^nt. for £aSO, who conveyed it to Ellia Hey of
Monks Hall in Eccles, Ovnt. by whose son, Ellis Hey Qent. it was sold, in the year

fe*

j^otftiA CratrintBifl.

AriiaDU. ^^9t too Kng. [lish] Schools w

''ill y" Libertyes, but neither of y™

Certif.[ied] 12"-00'.0O',
IqK viz. House and Gardeu, S' a year; Int.
[erest] of 160', 8'; Surp.[hce] fees, 2'j Vol.[untary] Contrib.
[utions,] about 10',

1B44, to ThomBB MjashuU, to apotbnrar; in Manchcsl(<r, secand eou of Rich&rd
Mynshull oF Wliistun in the i-ountj of Cheeter, mid hia wife, Helen, daughter of Mr.
Niuhobis Qoldnmilli of Boaworth in thu I'oimty of LciitwtiT. Mr. Mymhull married
Ann, ilaughler of Jumea Light bonne of Moaton, Esq. and the Uall continued to be the
reaidenm of bis dcacHudantH until sold, iu 1774, (with fiftj-aeren LoUHuhire iu.-rGa of
Und,) for £60,000, bj Roger Ajtoan Eaq. who had married ibe heireaB of the family,
and afterwarda nquandcred the Balatoa. The purchaser was John Dii^kenaon of Mati-
cbester, Eaq. who, by Will dated the gth of December 1776, settled tbi-ne and other
landa to the use of Leigh Dickenson Esq, for life, with renuindcr to William ChurrMl
Diukcnaon Esq. for life, and to hie flrat and erery other aon, and in default of auch
iasue, to John Dickenaon Eaq. uncle of the aiud William Churchill Dickenson Esq.
and Ilia heira aud aaaigna for ever. About the year 1793 Mr. William Churchill
Dickenaon obtained an Act of Parliament to authoriM liitn to let thrae landa on
building leasea.

> Dedicated to St. James. Value in lB3-t, £135. Kegiitera begin in 16114.

The Mnnor of Denton was held in the year 1356 by 'nmratnn do IloUand, and the

Township was held in the time of Uenry TV. by Raphe Hyde and > EoUaud, and

their dcseendanls, Richard UoUand Eaq. and Robert Uyde uf Denton, Eaq, in 1531-2,
built thia CLapol for the use of their lenante. Campian, Iho Jesuit, about the year
1 580, complained of Holland of Denton " aa a rigid Puritan."

Colonel Richard Holland M.P. the descendant of the co-founder, gate a houae and
garden, valued in 1650, at l(!a a year, and £100, as an endowment. He was an
notire man in the Civil Wara, and on the side of the Parliament. He died in 1664,
and his Eslata of £800 a year, passed to hia brother, a bachelor of sixty years of age.
It la related of him that intending to marry, " be found out a auitable gentlewoman,
one Mrs. Bretlaudi the marriage day was appointed, uU thinga seltled and concluded.
In the meantime be fell siek and died, and was buried upon the day preOxcd for mar-
riage aolemnitiea." — Hunter's Xj/s o/ Olirrr Hrgieood, p. 160. Elizabeth, sister and
sole heirvsB of Edward Holland of Denlou and Hoaton Eaq. married Sir John Egertun
Bart, and poureyed the Eatatcs to his family, and the Patronage of thia small and
humble Chnpel baring long been exen'iaed by his di-acrudanla, it now vealed in the
Sight Honourable the Earl of Willon.

fltanerp of ^anrtitBtfr. H5

This Chap.[el] was built by Rich.[ard] Holland, Esq.; and
Ricli.[ard,] his Grandson, gave 100' for y^ Curate, W^*" was en-
creased by vacancyes to 175',

By y" Will of Rich.[ard] Holland, [tlie] Curate was to be eho-
sen by Holland of Denton, Hyde [of] Norbury, and Hyde of
Denton,^ and their heirs, or any two of y" who shall be Owners of
their Lands, of w^*" Holland and his heirs to be one. The Will
and other writings [are] in y*' hands of S' J. Egerton. Curate's
[Mr. John Jackson] Ace'- anno 1719.

Hr. John Angler, s moderate and pious PreBbjtcriBn, n-ae the Minister of this
Chapel fortj-sii years, viz. from 1631 to 1677i and by the remarkable forboaranoe of
the authuritiw of the timed, tru aUoired to exerebe hia public Miointr;, although it
is more than probable that he conformed, (and jet he 'a giieo by Calam; amongst the
qected MmiHteni.) His high character as a peaceable and inofiWiHtre man, hia age and
bmilj counectionB, would all tend to >ilreen liim from the sbaftti of persecution. In
1650 he remitsd £6, 16b. of a elenr income, bciidca roluntary contributiona. The
Stale had cesiKd to paj him a amall pension which he had enjoyed^ but on what
grotuid it was withheld La not recorded. - — lAimb. MSS^ ToL ii. In our time, on
excetlent son of the Church, eminent as a tjchoiar, and profound u a DiTine, hoa
been the mcfuJ and reapecleil Incumbent of this poor Chapel for the long period of
flfty-eigbt jeari.

' The Hydea of Hjde and Norbury, descended from Sir Robert do Hyde^ liTing in
the reign of Henry III. and whoso son and heir, Kobert, married the heireas of Tho-
msa de Norbury, continued in lineal encoeaioD until the death of Edward Hyde E>q.
in (be beginning of the laet century, nhen the ntales were conveyed, in marriage, b}>
Anne, hia daughter and heiress, to George Cbirke Esq. Lieutenant Governor of New
York, whose descendant, Edward Hyde Ckrke of Hyde Hall Esq. is the present re.
preaentatiTe of the family. From this house sprung the great Earl of Clarendon,
(■oe hia Life, by hinuclf, toI. i. p. 1,) hia grandfather, Ijiurcnco Hyde, being second
■on of Robert Hyde of Norbury Esq. the (Urect ancestor of Queen Mary and Queen

The Hjdes of Denton are descended from Alexander, younger sou of Bobert de
Hyde, and the heiress of Norbury, and were settled at Denton in the reign of Edward
I. where they continued in 1664, when Robert Hyde Esq. wbo had tSiken an active
part in the Puritan movement of that age, recorded a Pedigree of seventeen descents.
On the death of Robert Hyde Esq. of Ardwick, about the year 17 , the Estates at
Denton, and Bisowherc, descended Ui his brother, Nathan Hyde Esq. who, by Will
dated the 21th of October 1795, and proved in Doctors' Commons, the laih of May
1797, devised the same to his only son, John Hyde Esq. (who died unmarried,)
and his eons in tail male, and in failure of male issue, the females to take the name
and use the arms of Hyde.

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86 ilotiti.1 CretrienBis.

Au.[no] 1695 one Kinscy was uominated Curate by [the] Ward,
[en] and Fellows of Mancli. [ester] under y' Coin.[mon] Seal,
nnd Licensed by [the] Bp. V.[ideJ Paji. Reg. Suba.\cription\
B.\ook.']

Denton and Houghton. For each TownsP [there is] one
Church w. [arden.] He who serves for Denton is chosen by [the]
Min,[ister,] for Houghton by [the] Inhab. [itants.]

5 m.[iles] from Manch, [ester;] [and] 2 ni.[ile8] from any other
Ch.[urch.]

<at)ap<¥ac.

WSfl SI9£&3(Ili|.' This is y" most an-
SSnl cicnt Chap, [el] in y^ Parish, [and]
'^said to [be] built about 1235. Certif.[ied] 5i-4'-(>i, being [the]

' Dcdiraloii W St. John. Vslue in 1834, £:54. B*giit<T» begin in 1B61.

The Ciinilv of Hoalej pongeeaed L-ansidHrsbk- EalBtos in Ihia Tovrnship in Ike roigil
of Kdmird IV. niid John Moj-lev Gent, of Didaburj, «(u liTing in 1*80, having
a ion, Junes, also of Diiisburj', in tlie fith Uutiry VII. His grandaon, air Nioholu
Moaley, n-u ■ auri'easlul Loniion nod Mum^hmtirr mFrchtiDt:, and hnviug been Lord
Major of tho former citj', died December 10th 1613, agtwi cightj-flve, and wb» buried
in Didsbiirjr ChapeL Uuving laid the foundation of hia fami]j, bj tho purt^haiie of
pxtmairc landa, hia grsndsoD, Edward, wna created a Baronet, in 1640i but on tbo
death of hia aon, a.p. in 1065, the Ealatea were devised to a aecond couain. Sir Edwtird
Hoalef of Hulme Knt. who died in 1695, nged sercntj-n'veii, and waa buried at Didi-
bur;, having iame an onlj daughter and hcireas, Aunc Mosloy, who married, on the
3l8t of Mareh IGSfi, Sir John Bland of Xippai Pnrli in the eounlj of York, Bart. M.P.
und djiug in 1734, aged levont;, was buried at Didabut^.

According to Hollingvorth, the original Chapej of Uidabury was built about the
yrax 1£35, and ia the oldest foundation in the Pnrbh of Manchester, with the eirep'
lion of the Mother Chureh. It was probaUr liltle more thau a Cbantrj-, in the Snt
instance, and became Parochial in 1352, when a Commiasion woa granted by Roger
de Noi-burj, Bishop of Lichfield and Corentiy, for the consecration of the Chapel
;ant of Didsbury within the Pariah of MancheslDr, for the burial of such oa died of
the PeatUenee in tliat hamlcl, and in (he neighbouring hamlets, becauae of their dia-
tanee from the Porialj Church of Manchester. — IloUingworlh'a MaHmn. a MS. in
Chetluun'a Library.

In 1650 it waa found that tho Chapel bad a bouee and tenement for aii ;iwa tinei-
pired, worth £10 per annuni, and £48 in atock. Mr. Thomas Clnjton was the
Minister, and approved of aa "an awakening and godlj Proacher," nhri ilerived hia
incORie from the contributiona of the people, - I^mb, MSS, vol. ii.

Oranrru of manttjefttri'. &7

Iiit.[ere8t] of 104J, left by sev.feral] bcaefactours ; 17" p.[er]
aii.[iiuin] more due, but doubtful. Contrib. [ntions] ab* Iff
p.[=r] ...[num.]

An.[iio] 1352, [the] Chap.[el] yard [was] Consecrated, and
Licence granted to Bui y tliere iu [the] time of [the] Pestilence.
MS. Hulm, 95, 1. 11, ex Cartul. Epi. Cov. and L.

[Tlic] Church of Manch.[ester] find[8] Wine for y Sacr.
[ament,] at Easter.

Rowland Mosley, Esq. left Lands to this Chap, [el] worth 20'
p.[er] an. [uum] for 80 years, after y« death of a Person men-
tioned in y Lease; not known w" y" person died; but [the]
Lands are taken away. There was also a piece of ground called y
Ogree meadow, long enjoyed by y" Curates, but taken away by
S' J.[ohn] Bland.a

Caveat ag' Licensing a Curate an. [no] 1667, by Jo3.[eph] May-
nard and his wife. Jnsf.[iluHo)i] B-look,] 2. at the end.

An.[uo] 170-i, one Wake held (the Curacy,) [who was] nom.
[inated] by [the] Warden and Fellows of Manch. [ester,] Pap. Reg.

Aiic. [icnt] Scats. House-end^ and Old Hall,* both belong, [ing] fialU.
toS' J.[ohn] Bland.

' Biehop QsatreU had the mUfortune to baye a troubleeome eorreapondeneo with
Ladj Blniid, nhiuh is in m^ poiMssion, rrsperting the right of the Chapel to the
Unda mentioned in the Tuit, ll^fl to it, probaWj for a term, by Rowliind Moslej Esq.
the elAeet boh of Sir Kiaholaa, the Lord Major. This bonefuctar died uid >ta« buried
at Didsburj in 1616, and was mnotclj rannpcled with Lad; Bland, whose Bnei'stora
had claimed and eiercineil the PatronagL-, although it vas not rerj elear hov (heir right
to it originated. The Pntronaga cunLinueJ with the Blands until 177S, -when Ann
Bland sold the Ailiowsun to Willium Broome of Didebur; £91). »hoie heir at law,
William Broome Esq. again sold it, in 171)2, to John Npwton Gent, by whose family
it nai conTeyed by eaje, in 1829, to Mr. William NewaU, whose son, Ibe Bcr, Samuel
Newall M.A. sold it in IB40 to the late Thomas Darwell, Esq. bther of James Danrell
of Barton upon Irwell Esq. the present Patron.

* Hough Eud, iometimes written Hough's End, and in the Teit, Hou»e-End, frnm
tbu Saion Ilslgh, pronounced /Fuir, or Hou, was the residence of the Moslpys in the
flftef nth eonlury, and constituted their earliest aequirod property in Lancashire. Tho
present house appears to hare been buUt about the time of James I. by Sowlanil Mos-
ley Esq. and, with its ivy-mantled gable-roofs, and mullioned irindows, is a respectable
house, Though always of modimile dimensions.

iiotitia CefttmnBiu.

Chap, [el] Wardens, 2. One chosicu by Lady Bland, [and
other by y" Chappeh-y. [There are] 3 Assist. [ants.]
4 in.[iles] from MancV.
Coin n*. 4. D ids. [bury,] Witliington, Burnidge, Heaton Noma.

^ CVt isaScliool,*to W'' wasleftan.[no] 1695, by SfEdw.[ard]
^^ Moseley of Hoolm Hall, 4J p.[er] au.[num,] in Laud. Lady
Bland has y" Writings, and Nominates y= Master. V. [ide] Nom.
linalion,] an. [no] 1699. Pap. Reg. Lands given by [the]
Founder, value 6" or 7' p.[er] an.[num.] Cerl^.{ied\ 1722.

'• MSS tft to y Poor of Withington and Heaton- norris, by S'
^^ Edw.[ard] Moseley," an[no] 1695, 4' p[er] an.[num.]
Y.[idc] mil in Reg.[istry.^

1

I the] ■

Dlu.PUQ.J5.

R^ ®lt2r®K.' Ccrtif.[ied] 8> ■ 15= ■ OOJ,
3hB viz. house, garden, and little meadow,

' Old nail, or Hougli, b to bo distinguialuil from the aboTO. In September 1774
Ilough Hall and Inentj-sii Brres of lam!, Lajicaohire ineuure, were adTortisod to
be sold bj Eogcr Ajtoun Esq. who had obtained the Eslatc by mamiigo with Uodiud
Minahull. — iosc. MSS.

' Sir Edward MobIpj of Huiioe Bart. derUed by Will four ncree of taod in Didabnry
which were convoyed lo Tmstc™, by Indenture dated the 30th of Dei-i-mber 16S5, to
permit the proSts to be employed for the mBintc^uance of a Sohooluiauter in Didsbury
for over, to be apprared of by Edward Moalvy Esq. hii heirs, uid a^aigns, being
Lorda of the ]Uanor of Withington. Wilbrebam Kgerton Esq. ia nan Lord of the

' Sir Edward Mosley Knt. by Will dated the 24th of Mny 1695, charged hia Manon
of Withington and Heaton Norris with the payniODt of £i a year to a Huhoolmastcr
of Didabnry, and £i a year to the ChurchvudenB of Didsbury for the use of the Poor
of Withington and Heaton Norri*.

> DedicaUid to St. Jamo. Taluo in 1B34, £150. Begisten begin in ISTO.

The Township of Gorton, parcel of the Manor of Manchoster, was held of the
Maniirial owner by the Byron family, and in the year 1474, John Byron Esq. paid an
annu&l rent to the Lord of £30. lis.

This Ohapcl oiiated shortly after the Reformation, and occura in 9axton's map in

Scanern of |aanrf)cettr. 89

2'-15'; Int.[ereBt] of 80i, (£20 of which waa given by Sarah Tay-
Ior> in 1680,) 41; Kent for a GaUery in y" Chap.[el,] 2'; Contrib.
[utions] ab' 18" p.[er] an.[nuin;] 40*" from Clayton. Warden
m-oe's Ace' 1706. P. R.

[A] Curate [was] Licensed an.[no] 1704. V.[ide] SKbs.[crip-
tion] B.look.]

2 Chap.[cl] Wardens, chosen by [the] Min.[ister] and Inhab.
[itants.]

3 Ki.[ile9] from MancV.

^W SrflOOl, built by contribut. [ions,] and y* Master nominated f c^ooU
^SS. by y Town, [ship :] but no endowment, only a penny a week
paid by y» Children.

l^g ttt[n:e»t] of 20' left by Sarah Taylour, an. [no] 1680, to the Ctiarftp.
K& Poor.

nttZenST^K.i Certif.ped] y' nothing
JgHB belongs to it but a house for the
the J(«r 1E77. It wm fcnuiil, m the year 1C50, to be three mile* and a half and fiflj
poln from Bircli Chapel, and that Mr. SaTiil Datj ntaa "the godlj Uochcr" there,
and had hia vagei paid ta hiro by the Toluntaiy contribulioiii of the Inhabitantg of
GbrtOTi, eating 26a. Sd, issning ouC of a Cloiw in Oorton, fanaerlj given bj l!iD latd
Inhabitant«. The Tilhea wore Talued at £0. 13i. 4d. a yvKr. — Lani. HS.S. rol ii.

Three ttsmcd-ghias windowii, reprvsonliug the Crui^ifliion and rarious Chriatian
mbleme, were preacntod to the Chapel, in the jeai 1847, by the Eov. R. Basnelt, the
I btcumbent.

> Samh Tajlor, b; Will dated the Sth of Auguat 1680, garo lo Ricbard Tajlor and
' John ArdDFDD, her EteentoTS, their betra and aaaigns, £20, to bo iniealcd and the
' profita to be paid yearlj "to such Mini»ter aa should officiate at Gorton Chapel by
the consent of the major part of the Cbapclry i" and also £20 more to the Poor of
Gorton. Mi«» Arderne, a maideQ kdy T»ho died about the jear 1808, paid the
Interest of Iheso Lcgaoies ; but licr Eiecntor, Mr. Ch*gg, rcaiited ihe payment aa
obligatory, on tbo ground that Miia Arderue bad not left any properly subject

I Bishop Oaitrell, in the original Text, ho* erroneouslj i-alled tbra Tovnsbip KeotOQ
VOL. II.] N

^Dtttia GtBirifn»is.

1

Min.[ister;] a small Barn, w"' Shippon or Cowhouse; and ab'
[the] 8"" part of an acre, for a G ar den- spot ; Surp.[lice] fees,
i'-i5'p.[er] an.[uiim;] Vol.[untary] Contrib. [ntions,] about 22'
p.[er] aii.[num. Signed, Griffith Sainton Min' 1717.]

This Chap. [el] is well and uniformly Seated.

An. [no] 1673, 2 Wardens.

[A] Curate [was] Licensed an.[no.] 1717. V.[ide] Subs.lcrip-
lion] B.'iook.']

An.[no.] 1717, Given tow.[ards] Augm. [entation,] 300' by
John Gr[e]aves Gent.
tStOnnt 2, To [the] Chappclry of Newton belong y* TownsP* of Newton
^"3 otStrrf* "^"^ Failaworth, and part of Moston, Droykdeu, and Bradford.

2 Wardens: One for Newton, choaen by [the] Min.[iBter,]
[and the] other for Failsworth, by y= Chappelry, every third year,
out [of] Moston and Droylsdcn, acc.[ording] to [the] Canon.

2 m.[iles] from Mancli% and from any other Ch.[iirch.]

ciuD Scalps, vliieh is a Township in llie Puish of Xirkham. The Church is dedicated
to All Suints. Value in 1834, £155. R(^t«n begin in IT£3.

The BjrODS of Clapton held verj largo territorial pOBtoasiong in Nenton, a( nn carl;
period, of the De la Warn ; but the Manor iraa Tnted in the Warden and Fi'llove of
tho CollcfiBto Church of Manchester in the fifteenth century, and etiU belonge to that
Corporation. The commoas within the Manor were enclosod and diiided bj Act of
Farliament, 4Sd Qeorgo HI. rap. 107, (1802.)

The Chapel is named in 1573, and Biabop Bridgcman, in tho timo of Jamea I. made
an order respecting the rents of the pews and tho tnaintenance of tho Curato-

lo tho year 1660 Mr. John Walker " Preneher of the Gospel," supplied the Curo,
and recsired £81. 2s, 3d. from lauda and tenomonts in Nowlon, formerly paid to Man-
Chester, " till by Order rcslrajncd." Tithes in Newton £8 per annum, and in XirV-
nmnahulmc 40s. per anniua. "£40 par annum is paid Mr. Walker by his hearers,
being iuliahitants, by Toluntary contributions ; their Titbes, formerly payable to the
Warden anil Fellons of Manchester, are no« kept in their own hands towards pay.
meni of the said £40. A dwelling-bouse of two bays, aud a stable of one bay, haio
been built by the inhabilaut< for their Minister." — LaoA. MSS. vol. ii.

In the year 1T3S the Chapel was enlarged, tho Warden and Fellows of UaQchcster
giving the timber, Edward Chotham of Smedley Esq. the Lesaee of the Tithes, con-
tributing £50, and the residue of the eipcnse being dofiaysd by voluntary olTerings.
It was rebuilt under an Act of Parliament obtained on May 4th 1814, and which Aot
was uncnded on the E3d of May 1S17, &7tli George III. c^i. 22.

Qeanen) of mandjcHter.

91

r Sri^OOl, by whom built not known y' nothing belongs tu it ^djaaU.

l but [the] Int.[ere8t] of aff given by John Gilliam, for
teaching 4 Poor Children.

Anotlier School, founded by Mr, Gascall,^ who gave 4' p.[er]
au.[nuin] for teaching 20 poor Children to read in y* Bible; but
how long y° Charity is to continue [is] not known.

r

|^& tft by John Gilliam, 20', [the] Int.[erest] to be paid yearly c^nrits.
f^S to such Poor of Newton and Failsworth as y* Trustees sh''
think fit, who are all dead without makiug a new Trust; 24^
p.[er] an.[num] is now paid (1718,) but j" Security [is] not
certain.*

' Thi» School is mantioned as " (ho new School lately croetwl near Newton Ch»pol,"
in »n Indenture dated the 19th of December 16Btl, *hprebv Joho Qilliam of Newton
Qont. conTc7i to Kalph Worslej and ollicra, in 'Xruet, £W, giv™ bj tho Will of
Eliiabeth Chetham, to dispose of the profits for the religious (-dumtion of poor chil-
dren in the Townships of iloaton uid Ni^wton, until they oan rmd the English Bible,
and no longer. The ££0 itill remain! in the handi of Trustees, and is probablj the
benefaction aUuded to in tlie Tert.

" Mr. OaskeU'a School is no longer in piistence. Tho borurfnctor was, doubtlns,
Nathaniel Oaakelt Gent, a pious, veatlhy, and liberal Presbyterian, nho, by Will
dated the 12th of November 1716, «ayi, " my Executors shall pay unto the Scbool-
maslCTi, whom I have employed for some time to teach poor Children, their quar-
teridgo at Christmas oeit, tue. 20ti. apiuee, and pay for Book*, and likewise Lady-day
quarter 1717, but no longer." By a Codicil d»t«d the 15lh of November 1716, ho
bowerer provides, "that miuD Siecutors shall continue the quarterly payments to the
aeieral Schools whereto 1 hare formerly aud hitherto contributed, during tho epaee of
three yean Irom Christmas neit alter my death, in such proportion as I haie here-
tofore paid." ~ £a<ic. MBS. toI. Tv«i. Ur. QaakDll was ancestor of the Earla of
Fowls and tho Baroness Sempill. — See p. 31, Note 10. Eliiabeth, his third daugh-
ter, married Mr. Daniel Sajley of Mancliosler, whose only daughter died a minor,
and the whole of the Oaskell Estates then descended to Lady Sempill and Lady CliTe,
in fee.

* John Oilliam of LevcDahulme Ocnt. was sou and heir of John Gilliam of tho same
place, Esq. (a Captain for the Parliament and Justice of Peace,) and his wife, Mary_
danghtcr of James Halliwell of Pike House in the Parish of Rochdnlc Ocnt. He was
baptiicd at Littleborougii, July Ihs 2d 1658, and married Jane, daughter oCThomaa
PereiTa! of Boyton Qenl. After his death, she married secondly, Hiohard Tonge of
Tonge Gent. By Will dated June 16th 1688, and proved at Chester on the 86th of
Oetober in the aame year, Hr. OiUian left many legacies for oharitablB porpoiea, and

^tftia Cnstnctwiii.

ithav.^at. ]|^aiJF0BO.' Certif.[ied] 601.00'.

R^. Ann. oo.o5.os S&k OQd i».[er] an.[iium,] viz. 201 given by

'^F.r *"i^''* ^'- Hum.[phrey] Booth, Founder of y Chap.[el ;] and 40i arising

p.p.:::::; i

P m O S, »C"1«1 liis 'i^T liTg'' Eatslea ou his only chilJ, Jsno Gilliam, who BubBOquently mar-
Tird John QreBTCn of (Mulietb Esq. High SberilTof Lanu'ssliire in 1733, oncMtor of
Edward Onavee of Nottleworth Boll in thi- county of Kottinghun, and of Culcheth
ffnll in the county of Liuicuter Esq.

In the PuliBDienlar; E«turna of Chuitiog in X786, under tho hekd of Newton, it is
erroneously stated that "John Ouillom in 1632," gsTe £20 to tho Poor, eocurod by a,
reiil charge of £1. in. per animm, and then vedrd in Edwsrd Greaves Enq. The
payment subsequently dropped to 12s. per annum, and has now ceased altogether.

1 Dcdieated to the Holy Trinity. Value in 1834^ £ . Kt^istcra begin ia 1708.

The foUowing account of this foundation and ila pious founder, is given by the
TLet. Richard BoUingwortb, a luttiie of Uanohoster, and the first Inrumbent: "Anno
1634, Uomfrej Booth of Salford biid the foundation of Trinity Cbappell in Salford,
and of his ouno uosl (sare that about £SO0 was given by seversU persons) did finish
it, and endow it with £20 lands per annum: the aajd Humfrey Booth, being by
Oud's blessing on his trading, mode rich, gare allio to the poore of Salford, the first
lands that be bought, hi the value of £20 per ann. and puyd it duely all his life-time.
Hee bdng in grealc weBlmease, earnestly desired tbat heo might lino to see the Chap-
poll fimBhed, which hee did, but immediately after the solemne dedication of it by the
Bishop of Chester, he more apparently wealienedi then he earnestly begged that be
might psrtaVe of the Lord's Supper there, and thou ben would not wiab to line longer.
It pleased God to reuiue him b sueh a measure, as that hoe was able lo goe to the
Chappelt conitantly till hee was partaker of the Supper (whieh eonld not be dona of
some moncths aAerthe consecration) in the Ohappcll, and was nouerable to goe forth
after, nor scarce to got home. Heo was a man just in his trading, generous in his
entertainment of any gentlemen of quality that I'lunc to the tonne, though meore
(trangen to him, bountifull to the Church and Poore, faithfiUl to his friend, and vreo
hope Qod gave him both repentance Ibr, and remission of his sins, in the blood of
Jesus." — EoUingworth'a MaHpsiueiint, a MS. iu the Chotham Library.

Id 1650 it was reported that Salford Chspol had been lately erected and endowed
with £20 per annum, being a free gift of Mr. Humfrey Booth Gent, the elder, out of
lands partly in the Township of Manchester, and partly in Pendleton b the Parish of
Eocles. Mr. HoUingworth had reaigned the Living at this time, as Mr. Williani
Ueeke, "an able and sulllcieat Minister," ofRciated and bad the cure of souls, and
received tlie £20 &om Mrs. Anne Booth, widow. The Tithes of Salford, " autientl;"
paid to the Pariah Church of Manchester, weru then worth £16 per annum. It is aaid
b; the Coiumieaiouers, "this ia Qt to be made a Parish, and not to be unil«d to
Manchrater though withb a quarter of a mile of it, bocauae it hath ■ eompe-

Seanern of jnancfttstcr. 93

out of y" Seats. Surp. [bee] fees and Coiitrib. [otions,] about 2'
more. Certif, [icate] of Mr, llobert ABsheton, Min', May 31,
1717. [He died a Fellow of the Collegiate Church, and was
buried at this Chapel, August 31st, 1731.]

It is Bcituate iu y Town, not farre from y" Mother Church. [It
is takcu] out of part of Manch' town : no other Townf.

[The] Curate [is] Nominated by Mr. Booth.

This was y* last erected Chap, [el] in this Par.[ish] conseerated
by B.[ishop] Bridgman, an[uo] 1635.

Mr. Huni,[phrcy] Booth built y* Chap, [el,] and pewed it, and
furnished it, and walled y« Chapel yard, and endowed it w"" 2(M
p.[er] an.[Quin] in Land.

[The] Right of Nom. [iDation] is given to Mr. Booth, and his
heirs, by y* Bp, without any mention of y= consent of [the] Ward.
[en] and Fellows, or any other person.

2 Wardens [were] appointed an [no] 1678, &c. acc.[ording] to
[the] Can.[on.]

[The] Inhab. [itants are] obliged to receive [the] Sacr.[ament]
at Easter, at [the] Mother Church.

Power of raising money upon y' Seats, and apportioning Fees
for burying in y' Chap, [el, was] granted for [the] benefit of [the]
Min.fister.] No obLgat" to repair y' Chap, [el.] V,[idc] Copy of

leney of iBhobitaQts and CommuniaintB witliiii itself." — Lamb. MSS. Part,
Jug. roL ii.

Humphrey Booth, the Foimdvr, was eonnocted with iDine of llie most dulinguiabed
of tho Pre»byf«riftu kaulers of the eeveuteenth century. HL) son'a widow niarriwl
Iho Ri'T. ThoDuia Ciue M.A. uDO of tlio AtteiMy of Diimes, a eobIous advocate of
tbo Lmguc and CoTennnt, and who frequently preached before the Parliament. He
ia Juallj ceoBured b; Walkt5r for his Berce advice in a Sermon preached before the
Court Martial in 1644: "Noble Sini," >aid tbU Preabjterisn Hildebraod, "imitate
God, and be merciful to nonti that Imvo sinned of malidouM wickednesB," meaning
the RoyalistB, who were gtyletl Maiigaanti. Mrs. Booth's eiater married Mr. John
Angier of Denton, a man of a very different t«Diper. (See p. 85, Note I.) Humpbrcy
Booth was the friend of Adorn Mort, tbo founder of Astley Chspcl, and one of the
Tnuteei of his WiU in 1630.

Tbo pre«eut Church is a stone ediiice rebuilt in 1752, witb a tower built earl; in
the hut eenturf, containing six musical bells purchased in 1748.

The Patron is Sir Robert Oore Booth, Bart.

[the] Act of Con3ecr.[ation] in [Ihe] New Reff.[ister.'] Orig.[ina]]
now in being, 1619. [1719?]

B.[ishop] Bridgraau, soon after y Con seer, [ation,] appointed
Conimiss. [ioncrs] to Seat y* Inhab.[itants] and tax y" Pews, acc.
[ording] to [the] Scheme agreed upon. V.[ide] Copy of [t/ie] In-
strum'- [in Ihe] New Reff.[isler,] taken from [the] orig. [inal,] now
in being. 1719.

Int.[ereBt] of 10' to [the] Min.[ister] and Poor. V.[ide] Char.
[ities] to [Ihe] Poor.

An. [no] 1694: Norn, [ination] of Ooardians of Mr. Booth.
Pap. Reg.

Given by S' Rob. Booth, L.[ord] Ch.[ief] J.[u8tice] of [the]
King's Bench, 100". Int.[ereat] to [be given to] f Clerk.^

Given by [the] a^ Huin.[phrey] Booth, 19' p.[cr] an.[num] to
repair y* Chap. [el; the] overplus to [be given to the] Poor.^

» '■ Wedn. Mar. Z, 1086. 8' Hobert Booth burjed at Salford j' divj. Mr. Hyiie
prCMhcil on IraL Ivii. 1." — Boy. Ilanrj Newcomc'i MS. Diary. Hs wm ton ot
Bobert Booth of Solford Esq. aod his wifti, Anne, daughter of Oswald Mosle; of
AnuQUts Esq. nnd gmndBOD and heir of Humphroj Booth, tho Founder. He became
Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pletu, in IroUnd, and a Pm; Counrillor of that
kingdom. Ho msrried Saaiia, daughter of Sir Uenry Oienden of Detme in the county
of Kent, Bart. Miit dybg without mnlo imue, (Will dated tho 2d of August 1G80,) hia
Estate* passed Co hi* brother, Humphrey Booth E^i), nhuae grandson, Robert Booth
of Salfont Esq. after 1746, devised his Estates to John Oore Booth Esq. anct-abor of
tho present Sir B. Q. Booth Bart.

* Bishop Gaatrell confounds the Benefnctor wbo proTided for the repair of the Cha-
pel, vith his grandfather, lluuipbrey Booth Esq. the Founder. This appcnra From
the following cUuso in tho Will of ■■ Uumphrev Booth of Salfordp, the unprofitable
Berfantc of God," dated the 3d of March 1672: " I give and bequeath niy house and
Croft in the OivreU-hole, within Salforde, and those four Closes and Barnes lying and
being near the Broaken Banke, together with one Roodu of land, w'' hath a Wull in
it, eommonl; called hj tho name of Olilfieldo Well, within Salforde, now in tho occu-
pat* of George Richensou, to be imploded lowards bU repaires of the Cbappetl of Sal-
forde ; And in caae there bo an j oTorplus, then my will and mind is that it shall bo
distrih' omoDgat the Poor of Salforde, at Xmas, oa the Moneys left by mj Grand-
bther is." This is now called the Salford Chapel Charity. In 1B41 the annual in-
come of this Charity amounted to £629. IBs. 9d. This bencfaotor died unmarried,
le>*ing his sisters, Sarab, the wife of Jamea Davenport Esq. aod Eliwbeth, the wife
of John Oldfield of Salford Gent, his co-heiresses.

SmnFTO of Mant^rstrr. 95

Salford Hall> l^in.

^H tben to [the] Poor by Himi.Q)ltrey] Booth, Founder of y« Cl)«iti«(.
aJH Cliap.fel] 201 p.[er] aii.[num;] by Mr. Charles Haworth,
(in 1636,} IQi, [the] Int.[ereat] to (Mr. Eichard Hollingworth, the
then) Miii.[iater] aud [the] Poor; by Mr. J. Whitworth, W,
[the] Int.[erest] to [the] Poor; by Rob.[ert] Cuthbertson, (in
1083,} 100', [the] Int.[crc8t] to [the] Poor, for ever; by [tlie] s''
Huni.[phrey] Booth, [the] Surplus of 19' p.[cr] an.[imin] given
to repair y^ Chap.[el;] Humph.[rey] OldGeld, in 1690, [gave] 50"
to [the] Poor; Geo [rgc] Buersell, in 1690, convey' a Mess.
[uage] to [the] Poor, and by Will, in 1692, gave 50'; Tho.[mas]
Dickanson, in 1697, gave a Mess, [uage] in Salford, in cloth for 8
coats, to Poor Men.

1^ C^EjrjRSBO.' Certif.[ied] I'-Ol'. ■auffin.

SBs 02'', viz. settled maintenance, ll''-2''; Fam 7i

Surp.[lice] fees, 10"; Vol.[untary] contrib. [utions] ab* 10'. LPc)'
2 Wardens an. [no] 1673.

* In the Mth Hliif; VI. Kilmuad Farington, Boctor of UilBall, and LonrenM
Smerwll, Chaplun, feoflbeB, delivered lo Edmund Radcliffo, (eecoud son of Sir Kaphe
Badclitfb of Bmithilli,} and Elizabeth, bis wife, Snlforth Hull and dcmcnse, for thuir
joint liiee, with rcmiuDder to Cicolej nnd Ellen, their dBughlon, for life, and aSter-
irardi to Balph Eadotiffe, son of the aaid Edmund, and his heirs male. Be died,
howerer, without male iasue, in the l»t Henrj VII. nnd hia lole daughlor, Ceirilia,
married lior aecond oouBin, John Bnrton of Smithilli, where she and her husband
were living in 1506. In tbo Onlsall Pedigree in Bainm's LaacatMrtt thia grant of
Balford Hall is erroneously rofwrod to the aecond son of Sir John RaddiiTe of Ord- '

sail. Salford Mall was purcha«oit in the 3Sd Henry Vltl. by Admn Byrom of Salford,
merohaot, (ob. 2Gth July 15Q8,) of Andrew Barton Esq. and Agnes, hia wifo, for
£6Si and was the residence of the same bmii; at the death of Adam Bjrom Qflnt.
only ion of Major John Byrom, without issuo, in 1688. — Lomb. 2ISS. voL niv. Fox-
dmUon Ei!id.

' Dedioatwi to St. Matthew. Talue in 183-;, flB-l. KegUtcre begin in 1590.
A Cb^Htl inistod here at an early period, supposed to have been founded by the fa-
mily of Trtfford. Mr. John Odcroft waa " Preacher of Ood'i Word" here in 1650, and

Augm. [ented] an.[no] 1717 w"" 230' by John Harrison Gh
[A] Curate [was] Licensed an. [no] 1718. V.[ide] Subs.

Hon] B.[ook.]

f^S ^rfbotr School' only, w'l'out any Endowm'.

IISBVESC&S.^ [Certified] about 250' p.[er] an.
[num,] Patron, S' Ralph Asheton.

An. [no] 1328, Patr. [oncss,] Agnes, relict of S' John
de Barton. MS. Hulm 95. /. U ex carlul. Ejn. Cov.

the Tilhcs had been farmed by Sir Edmnnd TraffVirii Knt. drerawod, at Iho jearlj rent
□f £6. 13a. 4d. but wore wortb in Und £36. 13e. 4d.] two parts of which were taken
from Sir Cecil Tnxfford for bis Koomanoy. Mr. Odcroft's aalarj was paid by the
inhnbitaiitB of Stretfard, without any allowuico from tho n«otory of Mtuicheiter or
otherwise, " to the uixsupportaWe burden and charge of tho 8'' lohab"." It was aaid
to be four miles from the Pariah Choroh, and fit to bo miulu a distinct Fanah. — Lamt.
MSS. Tol, ii. In 17IS it wsa rebuilt, by rolunliry i<oiitributEon«, Mra. Ann Hindc, who
died iQ 1724, aged aerenty, relict of the KoT. John itinde, Fellow of the Cullcgiata
Church, being a principal benc&ctor. Bainci atatea (voL ii. p. 354,) that "for want
of repaira, the Chapel fell down;" but on referring to the Chapel Wardens' Book of
1718, it appears that ■ Meeting of the Inbabituita of the Chapelry was regularly
conyened, when it was decided that the old Cbapol should be taken down and a new
one built in its place, wbich was nc<^ordiiigly done. la was enlarged in 1821, and
■gain in ISZli but being too amall for the iucreucd population, the foundation atone
of a new Church was laid by Lady do Trafford on the SOth of September IMl, and
the Church wb« consecrated on the 10th of October 1S42. The eipenso of the
bnildingamounlod to £3,197, of which Sir Thomas deTrolTotd contributed £160 and
the Bite, and the Inhabilanta of Siretford £1,817.

* This School was aflorwards endowed by Mra. Ann Hindo, abore-named, who, by
Will dated tha 11th of February 1723, settled on Tnatees, a Close in Salford, and
her Measuagea in Fennel Street, Manchester, to dispose of the renta in initructing
ten poor children of the town of Manchester, and ten of the township of Stretford,
flye of eaeh ten to bo boys, and the other five to be girls.

> Dedicated to St. Leonard. Value b 1S3-1, £1,070. Betters begin in IQU.
Itu Manor of Uiddl«ton was held in the reign of Henry III. by the fiutii^ of tho

JSrnnrru of ^anrijeairr.

97

B.pahop] Bridgnian built a Cliap.[t;l] at his Mansion house of
Great Lever, in this Parish, 7 ra.[ile3] from [the] Par.[iEh]
Ch.[urch,] and consecrated it by y name of Tiinity Chap. [el,]
an.[no3 1634." r.[i(/e] 0.[W] Reg.luier,] 416.

local DNiie under Ibc EarU or LipcoId, m parcel of the boaar of Totlinglon. la the
16tli Edward 11. B«gor de Middleton, siid Agnts, his wifu, wore (eUcdof the Manor i
knd tb« latCur hnring aderwards muricd Sir John d« Barton, convejed tha Manor,
in her widowhood, t-o John do Barton, &nd hia wife, Matilda, who wenu to havo
bwu a dBUghU>r uf Koger de Hiddleton, in whose faiiiilj> it oontiniwd until tbo jeur
113S, when it wa« conrcj'Dd b; Margery, daugliltir of John Barton, and hcircei of
her uDulo, RiL-hard Burton Eaq. in niarriagc, to Sir Bnpbe AaBhetoii Knt. onlj ion of
Sir John A«»Iieton of Amhtton, bj his second wifr, Margaret, daughter of Sir John
Bfron of Clayton. In this familj it continued, in the male line, untU the death of Sir
Raphe Aoaheton Bart, in 1765, when it pa»ed, by marriage with Mary, bia daughter,
and co-hcircsa, to Ilarbord Harbord Esq. creatwl Boron Suffli'ld of Sufflold in the
county of Norfolk, iu 17B6, in whose rapresontatiTe the Manor, Advowson, sjid Town-
■bip are now jested.

A Churob existed licre in the early part uf the retgn of Henry 111. " as Peter, Par-
son of Middlelon," and " Thomas, Chirk of Middloton," arc atlesting witnesses to tho
Orants of laads bclwcca the bomlots uf Marhtnd and Thomham (?) to Stanlaw Abbey,
by Roger do Middlcton, and Alan, his son. In the jepr 1291 the Living was valued
at £18. 6s. Sd. per annum, the arch now rcDuiIning between the Kaio and the
Tower of the Cbareh, bos been attribuli'd to a very early period, and is cunsidrred to
be a remnant of Norman architecture.^ See Dr. H. Ware'a Siitoiy nflkt CoUegiaie
Church ilf ila»cAf Iter, ToL ii. p. 183.

On the south side of tbo Church is the following lapidary inseription, which indi-
CBtee both the rebmlders and the date of the present sacred fabric: " Ricardua
Asshelon et Anna uxor ejus, Anno D'ni h.d.xxiiii." This waa the grandson of Mar-
gery Barton, who for his lalour and bravery at tlio battle of Floddcn Field, wa«
knighted by Uonry Till, and had diiurs priTUegos granted within his Manor of
MidiUeton. He married Ann, daughter of Sir Robert Foulhurst of Crewe in the
county of Chester, and died in 15i&.

In 1558 Hubert Holt of Ashworth Qcut. gives hy Will "to the re-edifying of the
Pariah Chureh ot Midd" vi' viii', to bo paid as tho Churehwardena shall reaaonubly
rPquire.*'

In the year 1650 the Parliamentary Inquisitors reported that Mr. William AituitoQ
was Parson, and was preeeuted by Raphe Aaholon of Middlel.on Esq. The Paraonago
House and Olebe were said to be worth £40 per aimum, and the Prescription Bent
amounted t-o £188. lis. 4d. " Wee present that Mr. Ashelon dotb supply the Cure
att Middleton very wenkly, and gives no aatisfaetion to his Congregation. He
neytfaer cipouiids any Chapter, or Psalna, ot Ootechiaea the youlb of the said
VOL. II.] O

98 jEtotitia <!rcfitnrnatfi.

Present, [ation] (of a Rector,) [llicliard Warbiirton,] aii.[iio]
1682, [ou the dcatli of Robert Symoiida M.A.] ; there ia no
mention of [a] Patron before in [the] Inat. [itution] B.[ooks.]
V.[i[lc]S.[ooA] 2, p. 155.

Poruli. The Boid Raphe Asheton Esij. hath 300 ocrea in demesne hind in Middti'toa
never paid Tjthc for, and it is worth £10 per aiiuum for Tjthe." Tlioraham
was eonaidercd a Qt phice to hsve a Pikriah Churuh, being two and a half miles sad
fiftj-tiii poles from Ihe Mother Chureh ; and another Clmreh «aa vanled at Streete
Hough in Pilsworth, four miles from rreBtwich. — Lamh, M8S. vol. ii. A Tcry dif-
ferent charsi^Ier wus afterwards given of the Rev. William Ajhcton in (lio Lamb. MSS.
vol. ii. p. 371 i from whieh it is clear, however, that \w was likely mough to supply
the Core "vory Keakly" as a Churchman. He in memorable aa being the father of
William Asheton D.D, bora here in the year Iftll, afterwards Fellow of Brascnose
Collcgp, Chapliun to the Duke of Ormond, Prebendarj of Yorl, and Rector of Beck-
euhiim in Kent, a rouD who modestly declined the Maatorahip of his College, and aftar-
worda a Bishoprick. Ue was of low stature, and mean in hia aspect, but tmly revo-
rond. After a life of piety and naefuhiesB, he entered upon bia reward in the year
1711. — See his Life, and an Account of his numerous nnd truly yalunhlc Writings, by
the Rev. Thomas Watts, M.A. 8vo. 1714. In the Billiothtra BrU. he is erroiieausly
styled " Hector of Uiddlotoa in Lanuasture."

Within the tJhurch are three Chapels, of uncertain foondolion. In the south-east
comcT of the Church is the " Assheton Chantry," so called in 1&22, although it was
probably founded by the Bartons. It is not enclosed, and contains numerous monu-
ments of the AsshBtoD bmily. Fart of the armour of Sir Richard Assheton, dedi-
(oted by him, OH his return from Floddon, to "St. Leonard of Middloton," still re-
mains here ; and also the atone altar with its Bve croesea ineiseil.

In the north-esit comer of the Church a "the Rectur'it Chapel," in which the re-
mains of many of the former Incumbents are buried. In one of the windows ja •
flue artistic head of an Ecclesinslic, being, probably, a portrait of Tliomaa do Langley,
aFterwards Bishop of Durham, Cardinal, and Chancellor of England, who founded a
Chantry in Ibis Chureh. In the 2etb Henry Till, a pension of cri'. viii*. was pay-
nble lo the Chaplain, seoured on hmds belonging to the Abbey of Joroval, by ThomHS
da Langley, the founder of a Chantry in the Church of Middlulon in Lancashire-
There waa also a pension payable to the Master of the School of the Chantry in Uur-
bato, founded by the said Thomas de Langley. — Whitaker's Hiitoty of Richmoitdihire,
voL i. p. ■W. Lord CaropbeU not having discovered any trace of his origin, unjustly
oonaidera him one of the many aspiring men who, through the Church, rose from ob-
aaurity to high offices in Church and tjtale. — lArva of lie Chaacellori, vol. i. p. 312.
See p. 62, Mote 14.

On the soDth side of the Church, enclosed with rails, of the period of the Restora-
tion, is the "Hopwood Chapel," containing a piscina, with some modern stained glosa
in the vindowa. On the exterior wall is the letter H, whioh may indicate that thia

Orancrt? of fiH&ntijtattt.

99

8 liamlets, viz. Middlctnn, Hopwood, Thomliani, Pilsworth, KsOawt.
Bircle, Ashworth, Great Lever, and Ainsworth.

[There arc] 5 Churchwardens, wLo serve for y^ first 5 Hnmleta,
and arc chosen by y" Patron and Rectoiir.

Langley,^ Smethurst,* Grisleist,* [Middleton/ Hopwood,' Stan- fealW.
nycliffe.] ^

portion of the fabric w« built by John Hopwood Esq. about the jiar 1524. It waa
the burinl pli«« of tlie fiiniily in the siituenth centnrj.

The Oak Screen is at tbo time of Eaaj VIII. and contiiins Bome bold uid luiu-
rinot isrviuf, iiit«repened witb the armt of allioncu of tho Assbetoiw, without much
regard being had to horoldic propriety.

In 1S4&-7 coosiderabto improTements were judiuioualy mode in the Church by the
present learned and aotiTe Rector. The Chancel eud was rebuilt, a new oast window
of riehly itiiined glass, was presented, the floor pared with pDfaualie tiles, and some
finely carTod Church furniture ailded.

A now Churcb, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, was consecrated in the Township
of Bircle euni liamford, July Ist 1846, by Bishop Bumncr.

* Orest Lever, at the western extremity of the Pariah of Middleton, was long held
by the Levers ; bat tbe Manor was awarded to Sir Kapbe Asshekin of Middleton
against tho chum of Soger Leicr Gent, in the year 1466. His descvodant. Sir Raphe
Asaheton, in the 19th James I. wsa seized of the Manor and Eatoto of Great Lover,
which was BohJ about tbo year 1629 to Dr. Bridgtiman, Bishop of Chester, who re-
built the Hall, and resided here during some part of the Rvbellion. In the year 17B8
Doming Rosbotham Esq. speaks of "a great part of the bouse, betwixt SO and 30
years past, to pruvent the eipense of repairs, being demolished," (there ore, how-
ever, still considerable remains ;) and adds, " there is yet a decent Domestic Chapel,
of which no use is now made, bat in which, before the 20th of his late Majeetj,
[Qoargo II.] marriages were satcmniied. At tbe end, opposite to the altar, to which
there b an ascent of two steps, is a Oallerj' formerly for the use of tbe Family, and a
bench runs round the Chapel below, as I imagine, for (hat of tho Tenants and Ser'
TOnts, 11 is 9 yards long by 6 brood." The Bishop's descendant and representative is
George, Earl of Bradford, whoso ancestor, Sir Henry Bridgeman Bart, obtained an
Act of I'arliament, in tbo year 1793, to enable him to let lands in Great Lever and
elsowbcro in Lancashire, on building leases for nine hundred and ninety-nino years.

■ Langley Hall, the seat of the Laiigleys in the time of Edwu^ II., a large, but
modernized house, now ooenpied by a farmer, was bought by " Jamys RadelyB" of
LoDgliiy, Swyer," (of tbe Foidenton boose,) of Thomas Lsngley of Essex, in tho 6th
Edward 17. Sir Joseph KodcliSTe Bart, descends from this branch of this great Lan-
ooshire fiimily. Langley passed, by aale, in the year 1631, from Gabriel Tudor Gent,
and Mary, his wife, daughter and heire«B of Owen RadclySe Esq. to Mr. Henry
Wriglej* of HuDcheslcr, and bus conveyed in Ibe year 1740, in marriage, hy Betty,

100 jHotitia CrRtrintfiiti.

ar ^^ tre is a School Free to y" whi)le pariali and some adjacent

''' S§!m parts, founded an. [no] 1572,9 by D' Alex. Nowell, Priucip, [al]

of Braz.[cnose] Coll.[egc,] and Dean of St. Paul's. [The] Sal.

[ary] tlien [paid] to [the] Head Master [was] 20 m. [arks] p.[er]

an. [num] and 5' 10* 8'' out of Dutchy Iteuta [granted] by CI. [ueen]

danghtor and heirese of the Hey. Henry Wrigk>j B.D. to tlie Bcr. Miclinel Fcn-bm
B.A. (Chnplnin lo Colonel Egerton's Hcgiment,) by who»o dpaccndsDt the Estote was
■old in tbe jear 1846, for £30,000, t« Mr. Jamoa CuUingo of Oldham.

* Smelhurst conaista of a timbor centre, with stone wings, and appears to hartt
pUBOd irom the Smethunts to tbe Headoworofls about the begiDning of the siiteenth
conlury. Tho Uttw familj recorded a Podigreo of a few duscenta at Dugdalo's
Tiiitation in tho joar 1664. FraniHa Memioweroft Gicnt. wa« Uriiig in the year 1 702,
and harbg married Alice, daughter and co-hcin>sa of James liomni of Booth Hall
Gent, had issue Riohard and James, and two daughters.— Pferidim/t in the Sollt
Court, 1702, Late. MSB.

' Qristlehurst via a large irrcgulnrl;' built mansion of wood and planlisr, erHitod in
the fifteenth eentury ; few parts of the original houHO now rumain. Thu Estate wa«
obtained before the year 1449, by Balph Holt, who, (according to a eurious parch-
ment Boll, in my posse«Bion, of the time of Henry VII.) marriixl Ellon, widow of
James Bellairs, who died in France, and daughter and co-hpircss of John Humpler of
Colchester, by hi» wife, Hargcry, daughter and co-hoin»a of tiir Quoflrey Brocikholea
Enl. It appears that Sir GeoUVuy had married Eleanor, tlu< huiross of 3ir John
RooB Knt. who inherited large Estatea in Essex from her mother, Alice, tho sole
heiress of Sir Robert A«heldam. The property of Sir QeoUVey, which desi'cnded to
him from his mother, Alien, one of the heirensca of Sir Quy de Mancvtter, Lord of
Uanedter in the county of Warwick, aJgo came lo the Holts, wliich gave them a po-
sition and rank not enjoyed by tho elder branches of llw house. In fiva direct dwceuts
these Oriitlehurat Holla married into Knightly &mi)iea. The Estate was convoyod
in marriage by Eliiabeth, daughter and heiress of Williiun Holt Esq. to Richard
Beoimiont of Whitley Beaumont in tho comity of York Esq. by whom it »a» sold
in the year 1768 to Mr. Milne of Flocklon Manor House. It is now the property of
James Fenton of Bamford Hall Esq. hating been purchased by his late fcther. A
centoiy ago, the Estate eompriied 127a. Ir. 24p. of pasture land, and iSa. Ir. 20p. of
old timber.

* Middlcfou ITnll was Iho Manor House, and was tituatcd in a I'arki but having
been modcmiied about tho latter part of tho lost eentury, and afti'rwards forsaken by
iti owners, was entirely demolished in the year 1S4S. — See Assheton's Jovmal, p. 70,
Sote 1.

' Hopwood, a quadrangular bouse of the time of Henry TTII. was held by WiUitun
de Hopwood about the yoar 1277, and wua dcrised by the Will (doled 1762) of hia
dCBccnihmt, Robert Hopwood Esq. M.D. (who died in tho ycor 1763,) to hia friend,
Edward Orrfge of Chamber Hall Esq. Inther of Boberl Oreggo Hopwood Esq. the

h

DtancTB of inand)cster. 101

Eliz. [abctli,] and 10 marks [per aDnum were paid] to [tlie.3 Usher.
[The] Sal.[ary] now paid by Braz.[enose] CoIl.[ege islf/J^-lO"
to [the] Head Master, bes,[ideH] y Grant from [the] IJi^hy,
and 10' p.[cr] an.[niim] to [the] Usher.

[The] Principal] and Fellows of Braz.[enoBe] Coll.[ege]'Tu*e-v
[the] Gov" of y School, and name both y Masters. V.[ide]r_'.-
Nom.lination] X703, Pap. Reg.

13 Scholarships [were] founded by Dean Nowell in Braz.[eno3e]
CoU.[ege, the] Scholars to be elected out of this School, and if
none [are] fit, from Whalley or Burnley [Schools.]

pnWDt owner. Coosidenible addilioiu hnic boon rotcutly nuulo to thu house, in
k (lebuod itflo of Tudor Brchiteuture ; but tlio elTect produced is iiiclurcfquo, oud
Rgmnble.

' Stannicliflb ia b limber aod pU»ter house. Laving n private Chapvl, niul nppvan to
bavo becii built in the early port of the siitwnth century. It ia thv property of Mr.
Uopwooil, and oceapiod by tonant*.

< Tbiiro had boon a Scbuul uf Bomu n'lobrily at AliddletOD boforo ihLt FoundalioD, aa
Doon Nowell, and Lie brother Robert, »oni there "brought upp ia their youlbj" oud
the lattfT, about six houra before ho died, said to tbo Dean, "Forget not Middlvlon
Bchool, whvro wo and other of our brethren vtvtv taught iu our obildhDod." Tlirough
Lord Burghley and Sir Walter Mildmay, Denn Nowell obtained the foundation of tho
Sehoot, uid Queen Bliiaboth voluntarily gave £30 a year for ever, wbiob tho Dean had
iatcDdcd to purchase of her Majesty. The Charlei' of Fouudatiou ia dated August 11th
1672, and tho FrindpiU and Fellows of Braaenoae College are incorporated GoTomorg
of the Free Sehool of Mlddlcton in Lancaahiro, on uonditiou that the; pay to the
Upper Master twenty morlis, and to tho Utlier tcu marks yearly, and fire morka
apieoo to thirleon Seholara chosen from that School, or from tho Svhools of WhuUey
or Burnley, or in defoet, bam any other School In the county. The Dean afterwards
bought and vested in the College the Manor of Upbcrry, and the Rectory of Oilliag-
hain in Kent, in Trust, to augment tho stipend ot the Muter and Usher, and the
aUowanea) of the Sobolara, as well as to iiuprovo the weukly eommons or aJJowanoo of
the Friniipal and Fellows. ^ Lane. MSS. vol. xiit pp. 18-1-192.

Doan Nowell modestly chose tluit the Sehool should bo colled Quoon Eliiabutb's
School, and the thirteen SehoUn, Queeu Sliiabetb's Scholars -, and on the inner wall
of the School, ludng the great door, ia, or lately was, this inseription : " Libera
Sobola Begins] EliiabetLse a{uifnno)Tau c^jua pnesigtiia Begioai auspiciis pins admo-
dum et orthodoiua vir Dr. Alex. Nowell Aulfe Begia) et CoU. de Braienose in Acad.
Oion. quondBDi Principalis ot Eccles. Cathedr. St. Fauli, London, Decaous, ob pinm
ergs patriam aSwtum, at od boiuuMUn litoraruM proloctum Seholam hanc fimdavit,
Didascalum pariter et Uypodidaaealum hooorario aujut coffipetentl, uuio Begiu

^^^^^ Didascalum pan

i^Sil'by J. Stock, Merchant, to Middlctoii, Tliomham, Hop-

8.>*V&d, mid Pilsworth, 151.12' p.[er] an.[Duni,] to he laid

out ij\'j2 sixpeiiuy loaves, ev.[ery] Suiid,[ay;J and IS" [p.er] aii.

[^m,] to biud out 2 Boyes and 2 Girls apprent. [ices] ev.[ery]

■year, and to cloth[e] them.

'.'■.•By Abdy Asheton, IQi, (in 1633;) J.[oliii] Guest, toMiddleton,
3'; and by Mr. Henry Wrigley, (of Langlcy,) 201, (in 1712,) [the]
Int.[erest to be laid out] in Linnen. IJy J", IMaBdale, SC, (in
1G76;} ll.[ichard] Whitehead, (in 1673,) and Mrs. [Deborah]
Wolstenhohnc, (in 1701,) ICeach; Mr. [Robert] Holt, {of Caatle-
ton Hall, in 1675,} 5i; Henry Jones, 3', (in 1678;}'<' Jones and
Stoek, 2' each, [the] Int.lerest] to [be given to the] Poor in
Geui; Thu.[mas] Chadwick, 2i; Tho.[maa] Jmiucs, 51, (in 1733.)

^S^Sbl^lNEt&^SCK,' presumed to be

^ffiS Consccrntcd as being very Ancient ;

[it was] founded in the Ueign of H.[enry] 8. The family of

Elusb. liiii. annoque Domini k.d.l.xxu." "Thii School was new roofed and eeilal
1781." Coiniiiunics(«d to Archdeacon Churton bj bin "rery worthj ftieinl" tbs
Rov. Joshua Brook™, M.A. of BrMcnow, Chaplain of tho CoUcgiafa Church in
KaachcBUr.— Life 0/ Dean XokcII, p. 11)9.

>" Hunry Jan« of Uaoging Choddfr in the Parish of Middlpton, yroman, lefl this
Legiuiy to tho Poor, by Will dated the 10th of May 1678. He appenrs to liave been
of th» aame family as Henry Jones of Middlcton yeoman, father of Sir Ro|^'r Jones,
dyer, and Aldonuui of London, vho wiu dtii-ribed on hia tomb-stone in the Church
of St. James, Onrliok Ilithe, u " a mttiru of Middleton in Laneuhiru," and who died
on the 2Bth of July 1606, (Slowc'a SKfwy, vol. I b. 3, p. 11,1720;) and also of
Thomas Jones D.D, "bom in tbia county," according to Fuller, {WortUfi o/Laaea-
Mre, p. 112,) who bcmme Archbishop of Dublin and Chancellor of Ireland, and died
in the year 1619. His Grace's son, Roger, was crmtcd in the year 1628, Huron Jones
and Viscount KaneUgh, and nas the lineal ancestor of Thonuu, the present and seventh
Viscaant. The arms borne by the Alderman, to whom they were granted, were
" anure, a cross, or, charged with five entoilcs, snblo, between four pheons of tho se-
cond," which diObr from the arms now used by tho famUy. — ioac. MSS.

< Dediealcl to St. James. Value in IBSli, £11U. Rogielei
1741, Buriala in 1776, and Marriages in 1778.

of Baptism bi^ii

driinrrn of ittjinrtitstcr. 103

Holt of Ashworth alwayes allowed 1' p.[er] aii.[iiuin] to it. Mr.
Hallows, y« late purchaser of Holt's Estate, pretends now that it is
a Dom.[cstic] Chap.[el.]^ The 4' p.[er] an.[num] was generally
made up betw.[eeii] 20' and SC p.[er] an. [mini] by y" Vicarage.
[Rectory?] fVarden Wroe's ^cc^ an. [uo] 1706. Pap. Reg.
Certif.[ied] y' nothing certain belongs to it.''

The Uanor of Aihirorth itm held by Bogcr, aon of AleiacdeT de Ifiddleton, in the
middle at the reign of Ilonij III. bnt tlie mmDc lord, beforo this period, itimi Barnard
do nDSBewoTt, wbo devieed the Manor to hie sont, Robert and Slpphi-n du Agahcworth.
Tha tnoietj of Stephen wm olienated by his dnughtcr Miirgerj-, in the 22d Edward I.
to her cousin, Robert, eon of Hobert de Aaeheworth ; uid Matilds, daughter and
co-h«ircBe of Robert, having married, before the 23d Edward in. (1349,) Hugh,
son of John del Holt, conTpved the whole to hiin. It oontiniiod in unbroken male
descent in thia &milj until it had the miafortiuie to fall into the bands of Riebard
Holt Esq. an improTident and wasteful man, vrho, b^ repeated mortgages, ent-umbcrcd
his Eetale ; Bud on the mortgagee. Sir Bflphu Asiihplon, refusing to purchase, the
Township was sold on tho 12th of Augnst ITOO, to Samuel Hallowa of Oroy's Trin
Esq. for £3,960, and an annnit; of £26 to the Vendor for life. Samuel Hallows, b;
Will dated February lit 1730, devised his Estates to John natflold, son of his ne-
phew, John Hatfield of HatSeld in the count; of York Gent, and to Samuel Hallows
Hamer, son of bis nephew, Samuel Hamer of Hamer Esjj. ; and this Manor falling to
tho share' of Mr. Ratflcld, was sold by him in (ho year 1751 to Tlionas Fcirand of
Rochdale OcDt. for £12,200, consisting of IDlSa. Ir. S6p. [ho whole being full of cooL
It was Bret mortgaged, and afterwards sold hj Mr. Ferrand about the year 1767, to
SamUL'l Egerton of Talton Park Esq. and tho Township, Manor, and Advowaon are
now (he inheritance of his grandson, Wilbrahom Egcrton Kaq. — Laim, MSS. vol. xi.
pp. 3«J-7.

The Chapel appears, from tho text, to hare been built in the reign of Henry ViJ.1.
probably by Sir Thomas Holt, Priest, who frequently occurs amongst tho Holt Papers
in this reign. Ho was the yonngn son of Biohard Holt, and his wife, Margaret,
daughter of Jnnios Chctham of Nuthurst. A Legacy of ri'. Tiii"". is given by tho Will
of his nephew, Robert Holt of Ashworth Oonl. dated the 6(h of Norember 1659, "to
y* sustonlocon of Aaheworth Chappol, to bu paid when tho Chnreh Kyvea require if."
It is momornhlo as being tho place in which (during the Usurpation) the Rev. Robert
Bath, Vicar of Rochdale, and other Presbyter*, assuming Episcopal aothority, or-
dained Mr. Henry Fondlebury H.A. a teamed and pious Nonconformist, whose
Treatise on Transubstanlialion was recommended and published by Archbishop
Taiotson. — Sec Pcndlobury's I^fe, by Robert Beddon of Bollon, I2nio. 1696.
Calamy says he was only Probationer here, and was ordained at Turton. In
tho year 1B60 the Parliamentary CommiflsiancrB state that "Mr. Honry Poodle-
bury, a godly and orthodox minister, well qualified for gifts and parts, was Utc

104

flotittn CTcBirimBiB.

A Nomination of a Curate, in form, was made by Rich.[ftrd]
Holte of Ashcwortli Esq. to B.[ishop] Stratford, an. [no.] 109C,
who ia styled there, umtm cl indubitatus Patronus, and desires y"
Bp, autorilale el lAcentid vestrd admittere. V.[ide] Pap. Peg.

1 Warden, an. [no] 1673, an. [no] 1074, and now, an. [no] 1724.
V.[ide] Cackey.

Milliliter there, and supplied the Cure ; but hath ceased to offlcdate at Ajhworth
Cbappc] for want of maint', and for the preseut there ii do Um' there." — Lamb.
MSS. Tol. ii. In the ;ear 1751 it is stated that Iho Chapel produced £60 per annum ;
about £30 in laud, and £20 from the pews. The Chapel was noarlj robuilt in ths
jcnr 17S9, and enlarged in 1837, in the Conventicle stj'te of architeeture. The
AdvowBon has alwajs been niguardent of tho Manor, which was offered for sals in
the joar iai6, but not sold.

' In the year 1737 Samuel UsllowB Eiq. gare £300, and Queen Anne's Governors a
similar benefaction, when the Chapel ceased to bo a Donalirc. Samuel Hallows waa
the eldest son of Ur. Matthew Jlallowa of Nuwbold Hall, and his Otst wifi-, Margaret,

danghio* of Mr. Rothwell of Bury, and born in the jear 16S7. The feroilj is

often namod in the Diary of Oliver Heywood, and were zealous supporters of the
Presbyterians. Of the two sons of Mntthcw Hallows, Sanmel was a disorderly con-
formist, and very obuoiious and tronblesomo to his wealthy neighbours, the Bam-
fords and Starkys. He was an aclire Vfblg Magistrate, and often iurested with
Conmusaions from the Crown, and Duclij Court. In the Ma. Diary of John Stnrky
of Hej-wood Esq. is this record ; " 1740, Jan. 21st. Tliis day died Mr. Sam.
Hallows of Ashworth, to the great joy of all his ueighbouri!" The other son
of Mallhow Hallows, and his second wife, Ssrah, sister of Mr. George Wostby,
waa Westby Hallows Esq. of Newbold Hall, who married, in the year 171S,
Bllen, daughter of Kichsrd Kntwisle of Foxholes Esq. and on Ihe death of his wife
and child in the year following, fell into rockless habits, nud died the vietini of intem-
persnce, in the year 173B.

Mr. Heniy Prescott of Chester, writing to Bishop QaatrcU, at Christ Church,
Oxford, on the 9th of Kovember 1717, says, " Mr. Hallow* of Ashworlh, the modem
purchaser of that Lordship, On conuneneing Justice of Peace, claimed tbe Chapel,
though remote from his house, as his Doniesiie ChapeL A Hobioman's Clinpol, I
presume, is more priTileged bv the quslily of the house and family, than those belong-
ing to Qentlenien not capabU) to quuliiy a Chaplain, und a Chapel is useless lo qualify
Chaplains for tbem i and I fear that of Ashworth is in danger of being pcn-erteJ lo a
ConTeaticle."— iow. MSS.

■ Mr. Richard Whitehead's annual gift of £3, in the year 16T1, seems lo hatu been
forgotten. It is still paid.— See p. 34^ Note 2.

9rann:!> of ^anrfjcfittr.

^W ffl€«1E¥,' very Ancient. Certif.[ied] ailflm.

3^3 2'- 15'- OO', ftiisins from six acres of p*" •

^"^ M. p.

Common, enclosed about 70 y agoe, (1718;) given since by Jam. ^te"F'**M
[es] Crompton,^ 20', [the] Int.[erest] for Preaching two Sermons l*"'-'
ev.[ery] first Sund.[ay] in May.

' Dedicated hj the nunc of Chriet Churcb. Tklue in ISU, £1S6. BegieUrs of
Baptisms and BurkU begin b 1727, and of Marriages in 1766.

Aiuswortb, othorwise Coolcey, it situated to tha west of Hopwood, and ia nine
nuleB and upntarda &om the Mother Church. It woa considered by Camdon lo be the
Cocciuin of Antoninoa. Eiog John granted, in the seventfenth year of his reign, to
the Abbot of Colersand and hii sncoessora, for OTer, two carucate* of land, which were
oonfirmed in the 40th Henr; III, ; but in the 20th Edward I. the Abbot was sum-
noned to shew hie claim to certain oxemptioui in his lands in Afoeeworth and
Thorpe, when be pleaded those Royal grants. In the 43d Edward III. John, sou of
John de Ajnesworth, died, seized of lands here, and OUcg Ayusworlb Gent, held the
same in the year 1617. In the year 1680 the Attorney Qenoral prosecuted Kiebanl
Assheton, Roger Butlerwortb, and others, and their tenant, Edward Williams, for
unlawfully holding certain lands, and a wst(?r corn mill, in Bamford deyne in Heap
in the Parish of Bury, and in Ainswortb in the Parish of Middlcton, late Chantry
lands belonging to Cockey ChapeL — Pleadiitgi in lie Dtieht/ Court of LaHr,

Camden, in 1586, names " Cockley, a wooden Chapel among trees ;" and about this
time Mr. Uubbert was the Minister.

' The individnal named in the text, was probably Thomae Crompton of Brightmat,
■on of John Crompton of Darey Lever, citizen of London, who, by Will dated the
a2d of December 1627, proved at Chester 1627-8, devised Hums in support of Sti-
pendiary Ministers at Bolton and Cockey. Ho was buried at Bolton, January Slit,
1627-8.-^01/. viii, p. 66. Coll. Am,

It appears from the Inquisition of the year 1650, that "Mr. Peter Bradahawe, an
orthodoiall Minisf, well approved of, is Minist' att Cockey Chappell, and snpplyea
the Cure, and hath for his Sallary one Messuage and six acres of Land, latvlye (rii.
in 1630,) enclosed out of Cockey Moore, being a guiit given lo the said Chappell to-
wards the mayntonaDce of the Minist' there, by Rauffa Asshelon of Middleton, Eaq'.
of y* yearly value of 40*. and what more y' Inhab" will voluntarilje give liim. And
the said Chappell is fit to be made u Parish Church, and all Aynswortb Hamell, vr'*
is in Middleton Parish, Is Ett to bo appropriated unto the said Parish Church of
Ooekey, as well as llaslam Hey, Brightmet, and Uarwood." — Pari. Sum. vol. ii.
Zamb. MSS. The Chapel was held about the Restoration, by Mr. John Levef.of
Brasenose College, Oion, who, according to Calamy, "was silenced in 1662," but who
wat the recogniied Minister in the year 1663 ; in which year Articles were promoted
in the Consiatorjr Court of Chester, by Thomas Tonge, against James Rothwell, Cha-
VOL. II.] P

105 j3,otitiJi Crfltntnsifl.

[Tlie] Rector of Middlctou preaelica liere once a month ; oth^
Suiid.[ays] it is vncant.

Here is a Meeting-house built [in 1672] see near it y* y" Con-
greg. [ations] may hear one auothcr Sing Psalms.

[There is] Some money given to it (the Chapel) in y* hands of
Feoffees, who say they may dispose of it to any other use. The
Chap, [el] is in y hands of Dissenters, and Ashworth is much what
in y« same case. Warden IVroe's Accf- an. [no] 1706, Pap, Reg.

1 Ward.[cn] an.[no] 1673, and now an.[no] 1724.

Augm.[cnted] an,[uo] 1724, 100' given by Mr. Sidebottora,
Ecct. [or] of Middleton ; 100' by [the] Dean of S'. Paul's.

, WSSt Hova by Mrs. Horax, a Messuage, and Lands belong, [ing]
■M to it, in Brightmet and llarnood, the profits to goc to such
uses as her Trustees, and y« majority of [the] Inhab,[itants] shall
agree upon; and by Mary Seddon 501 to y" said Feofl'ees, to be
disposed of in like manner w"" y= other.

pclwsrden of Cockej Chapel, " olio, contrary to his O&th, aad tbu Lbitb and Cuiodb
of the Church and Bealm, did gire leave to M^eral peraoiu who deny to confomi to
the digi'iplinc of the Church, to jiretu^h publicklj in the said Ciiapcl of Cockoj, eape-
ciallj theat- persons following, tw. Mr. Heju-ood, Mr. Z. Eoot<», Mr. Norbprj, md
M>. JoUjo, drawing together auveral diaafibcted pereons from their respeclixc Mini*'
ten and CongrogationB," — Bishop of Chester's Act Book.

In July I66S, Olirer Heywood records that he preached in this Chapel, but when
he came again in the following Octohcr, the doors wcra closed against him. It is rt>-
oorded that there was neither Psistor nor flock for man; yetn after Mr. Lever retired,
and the Church Serriix was only occasionally performed on stated Sundays, in the
aflornoon, by the Sector of Middleton. The Chapel had been Tacsted by the ejection
of an Episcopal Clergynuui, about the year 1640, on the ground of his b«ing " scan-
dalous and igDorant," but really on his refusal to t^e the Covenant i and the indiTi-
dual who had been intruded in his place, being called upon at the Restoration either
to conform or resign the Living, appears to hsTe been unwilling to do either. The
Olcbe, enclosed &om the CommoD, and since increased under an Inclosnru Ad, was
transferred to the Meeting House, built in the year 1672, opposite the ancient Cha-
pel I and has been held ever since, first by the Presbyterians, and now by their suc-
cessors, the " Unitarians," who pay £S. 15b. a year to the Incumbent of Cockcy.

In the year 1719 the Chapel still retained some of its Original features, being de-
scribed as "a wooden Chapel set about with trees."

IScjiiirr!) of manr^cBirr.

I. [num.] Patron, Mr, ABheton,^ the Rect. [or,] wlio s^^
baa lately sold the AdvowBon to Mr. Watsou Went- ^^|^
worth, for 1,0001 in hand, and 100' p.[er] aQ.[num] *^!;i;.-M.p.'-
for ten years.

[»bont SO.]

> Dedicated to St. Marj. Value in 1831, £1,330. Bcguttm begin in 1603,

In thu nrign uf Botiry III. Adam de Pmtw^ch held lands in Prestwich of the
King ; uid bi» descendants aettlod at Hulme on acquiriiig that Honor before the
lath Henrj VI. The Manor and Advowson of Prostwiuh wore L-onveyed by an
hoiivsa, about the year 1160, in marriage, to Sir Robert Langley of Agecroft ; and on
the dintb of his descendant. Sir Robert Langley, in the year 1561, without nude issue,
the Manor pUBKd to Alezooder Reddish of Reddish Esq. in right of his wife, Margaret,
danghter and co-lieircsi of Sir Bobert, and being aubeoqueiitly conTcyMl by Sarah, one
of the daughturB aud co-heireaacs of Alexander Reddish, to Clemout, iiixth aoD of Sir
Edward Coke Knt. was sold by his rL'preaentntive, Hiomas WiUiam, ibst Earl of
Leiuesler, (of the new creation,) to Peter Drinkwater of Irwoll House Esq.

"The Church of Frcstwjke" tras Taluud at £18. 13a. 4d. in 1291.— Pope NiuhoLu'
Taxatio, The Advowson, omongst other property, was the abnro of Katbarinu, ano-
ther of the co-heiresses of Sir Robert Langley, and the wife of James Aaheton of
Qiadderton Eaq. in whoae desocndaDts it continued until the year 1710, when the
RiT. William Asheton B.D. the Rector, Bold it to the Hon. Thomas Watson Went-
worth of Wcntworth Wuodhouse in the county of York. In the year 1744i, Thomns,
Earl of Maltoo, only son of Mr. Wcntworth, sold the Adiowson to the Re». John
Qriffith D.D. Rector of Etikington in the county of Derby, and Prebendary of York,
who became Rector here iu the year 1752. Dr. Griffith sold the Adiowson in the
year 1756, to James Collins of Knaresborough 0«nt. who again transfi'rrcd it, by
■ale, in the year ITG8, to the Iter. Levett Han-is of Barwick in Elmel, who Iwcame
Sector of Prestwiuh in the year 1763. Mr. Harris lold the Advowiou once more, iu
the year 1781, to Matthew Lyou Esq, of Warrington, whose son, the Rev. James
Lyon M.A. was institated to the Living in the year 1783, and died here on the 13th
of August 1836, in the fiHy-fourth year of bis Incumbency, baring, in the year 1816,
sold the Adrowson to Robert, first Marquesa of Westminster, in whose aon, the Right
Uon. the Earl ofWillon the Patronage is now Tested,

The present Church was built in the lathsr part of the flA^euth century, by Warden
Langley, although Sir John Prestwich, in his Retyubliea, says, amongst other baseleas
things, "this Church was founded and endowed by my antcstore, aud to which the
Just right of prosentation belongs to mo and my lamily, at this day," p. 2G4, 4to. 1787.
In the year 1660, it was found that Edmund Ashcton, Lite of Chaddcrton, Eoq. did,
ta Palron, present to the Rectory, Isaac Allen, Clerk, but that the Cure of the
Church had, for oboul nii years past, been aupplied by others, yii. by Mr. Langley,

108

Hotitia Ccatrirnsttt.

Corap.[osition] of lO. p.[er] an.[imm] in Ringley, and 4" • 2^,
for Presto-Lee, for Com Tythes,

An. [no] 11 Eliz.[abeth, the] heir of Robert Langley presented.
V.[ide] ln9t.[ihi(ion] B.[_ook,] 1. Pap. B.[ook.} p. 1.

An. [no] 1605, tliia Rectory was, at y* desire of y Eect.[or,

Mr. Porter, Mr. Fumcsn, Mr. Brifrley, and for ona jear past, by Mr. John Leate
(Lale,) Preacher of Ood's Word, who was lo ha™ for liis ulipcnd and wagpa £80,
out of tho Tithes, Paraouago hoQse, glebe, reuts of tenements and cotlnges, worth
£100. 1S». per nnnnin. In tho natoa of tenths hod been paid £i. 17a, 6td, Mr,
Qrenuhalgh of the lale of Mnn, paid ft reaerrcd rent, out uf tho Tithes of Tottington,
of £6. 138. 4d. Ail the Reelory was worth £120 per nnnum. — Lamb. ifSS. toL ii.

An Acl of PBrliamout was granted in the jear 17B2, to enable the Bector of Prest-
wich-cum- Oldham lo lease Olebe lands, near Uouohester and Oldham, for building
purposes, on lcaae« far ninet.j-nine joars.

A Cliapel in this Choreh belonged to tho Patrons at a lerj carlj period, and pnssid
in the time of Queen Slizabcth, with the co-heiress of Sir Kobort Lojigle;, to Jame*
AshotOD of Chadderton Esq. In the jcar 1645, this Chitpel being dilapidated, and
the Estates of Edmntid Asheton Esq. BOquestered, " for tho nee of j" Pttblic," s
Petition was presented bj the CUuri'h wardens to Sir Thomas Stanlej Bart. Pclcr
Egerton Esq. and the rest of the Committee for Sequeslrotions within the eountj of
Lancaster, to allow £1. 6s. 8d. to bo eipeoded in repairing "the breaches and decays"
of the said Chapd.—Lanc. 3fSS. vol. v. p. 354.

Another Chapel, also the property of Sir Robert Langley, passed in marriafc with
Dorothy, hia third daughter and co-heiress, to Thomas Iiegh Esq. (fourth sou of Sir
Peter Legh of Lyme,) who settled at Alkrington i and on the sale of that Estate about
the year IG30, tho Chnpcl was conveyed lo John Lever Esq. and by his demandant,
Doroing Rasbotham Esq, was lately sold to the Messrs. Lees of Clark's Field, Old'
hum, the present opulent owners.

' This Patron was tho Bor. William Ashelon B.D. fifth son, but oTonluaJly heir of
James Ashelon of Chadderton Esq. the eighth in descent from Sir Thomas AshetOD
of A»hton under I-yno. Ho was bom in the year 1619, and educated at St. John's
Collide Cambridge, of which he was elected Fellow. Uc was prescnlivl by his fiitber
to the Bectory of Prestwich in tho year 1686, and died on the S5th of February
1731, being tho last heir mala of his family. He married Martha, daughter of tho
Rev. Stephen Qey, Vicar of MniBlloy, by whom he had two daughters, his coheiresses,
Catharine, who married John Blackbunie of Orford Esq. SheriiTof Lancnslure, and
died in the year 1740 1 and Dorothy, who married Sir Darcy Leror L.L.D. Sheriff of
Lancashire, and died in the year 1777. He was an eiamplo of the mutability of for-
tune, aa he lost his Paternal Estate, sold his Advowson, and had no heir male to suc-
ceed him. He lived to be an old man, managed his domestic matters prudently, and
bkTiug been charitable during his life, diud rich.

ZBtancr? of mancftcHtcr.

109

i

John Langley, M.A.] Sequcatred into y" hands of another Cler-
gyman, who is appointed Coadjutour to y" Rect,[or,] and to re-
ceive y« profits of y= Living for [the] Rect'» use and y° paym' of
his own Salary. Reff.[ister] B.[ook,] 2, p. 257.

Leave [was] granted to Mr. Lever' of this Par.[ish,] an[no]
1665, to gee to Middleton Church, by reason of his distance from
his own Par.[ish] Church. Reg.[ister] B.[ook,] 3, p. 153.

I, Prcstwich, (in W** are y" 2 Heatons, Toug, [and] Alkring- Cotoiitf. 2.
ton ;) 2, Pilkington, divided into 3 Hamlets, Whitefield, Outwood,
[and] Unsworth. Some parts of Outwood goe by y" names of
Rhodes, Ringley, [and] Presto-Lee.

Six Churchw. [ardens,] each of w^l" chooses [nominates] two
for [the] ue\t year, and [the] Reel, [or chooses] one of y". [The
Pariah Clerk is chosen by the Rector, and receives £4 a year from
the Churchwardens.]

Deyne Hall,* [the] Mans, [ion] of [the] Rcct.[orj] Heaton,* KalW.

I Thii WM Boberl, son and beir of Jolm Lever of AUtrington Esq. born in the jesr
1623, sod died lq the yvsr 1710. He murted Aon, sole daughter and heiresa of
Fnuiois Moelej of Collyhurst Hall Esq. and waa grandfefher of Sir Darcy Lctit
L.L.D. Sheriff of Laucaslure. Robert Lever appears lo haTC been a pious and coa-
■cientioDS man, and, in a Ui nge, wn» strictlj conformable to the mlea of the Church.
He obtained a Licence from the Bishop of Chester, first, to atleud Public Worship
■t Middleton Chureb, owing to his distance from Prcstwieb ; and seeondl;, to be
allowed to cat meat in Lent, owing to his age and bodil; inBrmitied. — Xaiie. MSS.

la the Parish of Frestiricb cum Oldham, there are not fewer than serentMn
Chapels, thirteen of them being in Oldham and its neighbourhood.

* "The Deyno," so called &om its situation, was the Rectory House in the year
14S4, and probably at an earlier period. It was a largo wood and plaster house,
aituat«d in picturesque and well timbered grounds, when it was removed in the ycAr
1840, by the Rer. Thomas Blackbume M.A. and a large and commodious house, in
the Tudor style of arohiteelure, built nearly upon its site. A Ticw of the old Hall
was priTali^ly engrared. During the Civil Wars of Charles I. the rebels pulled down
part of the house, imprisoned the Rev. Isaac Allen M.A. Ibe Rector, in Maaeheslcr,
and ejected him from the Living, an account of bis Loyalty and Episcopacy. — ^Seo
Walker's Sajferingi of the Clergg, p. 183.

* Uealon House is a modem building, by Wjatt, with Ionic columns, and a circu-

lar projection ii
L wooded Park,

^^^_ Egorton Bart.

(he centre, surmounted hy a spacious dome. It is situated ir

ve miles in einrumference. The properly was obtained by Sir John

1 mairiage with Eliiabeth, sister and sole hoirosa of Edward Holland

jlotttiA CtstrteiioiB.

and Old Hall,* in Heatoii; Alkrington,' Tonge.^ Old Hall.a iu
Piikington; [and] Stand Hall,'" in Pilkington Park.

or Ilcnt.on SDd Denton Eeq. and u the leat of liig noble tlescenilant, Tbomos, second
Ewl of WUtoQ.

' Old llalt, in Huaton, a icat of tlio HoUandi!, at nn early period, boa bepn rcroovod.

' Adam de Preatwycb held four boTaIca of Isnd in Alkriutoa, tump. Eenrj III, —
Tfit. de Nerill.' Alkrington llall, eouTejed in marriBigc by Dorothy, dBughtcr and
co-lwiress of Sir Bobert Langlcy of Ageuroft, to Thomaa liogh, temp. Eliiabctli,
beeanio tbc rcsidmice of the Lorere in the early part of the seventeenth century, a
&mil; descended from LcTiDgaa de Lever, living shortly after tbu Normnu Conquest,
and which continued here, in the male lice, until the death of John Lever Esq. in 1836,
when the Estate passed to his ncphev, Doming Sasbotham Esq. nho sold it in the
year IS-H to tho Messrs. Lem of Clark's Field near Oldham. The House, a larRe
brick building devoid of arebiteetural pretension, was built, on tbe aite of an oldiir
house, in the yoar 1736, by Sir Dare; Lever, whose sou and successor, Sir Asheton
Lever, was bom here in tbo year 1729, and died in the year 1788. The Leverinn
Museum, oollei'led by tbo latter gentleman, waa disposed of by Loltcrj in the year
1796, and being sold bj nnctiun in tho year 1806, was thus dispersed. The sale
occupied siitf-Bve days.

■ Tonge Hall is a very per&et and almost unique specimen of the post and pclrcl
style of building, and apparently of the era of Henry VIII. with all its original
arobitootural characteristics still remaining. It appears &om tbe pleadings in a suit
bronght by Henry de Tonge against Eobort de Longlcy, in the 16th Henry VL that
the plsintiiT was the son of Uemy de Tonge, whose grandfather. Thomas ile Tonge,
alias Wolveley, vas the son and heir of Alice de Wolveley, living in the 7th Edward
n. The hmily continued here until the year 1726, when the Estate was sold, piu--
suant to the Will of Jonathan Tonge Gent, dated the yenr preceding, to Mr. Juhn
Startj of HeywDod, for £4,350, and waa duvisod by the Will of his grandson, James
Starky Esq. who died in the year 1846, with otbcr Estnlcs, to his relalivea, Mrs.
Hornby of 8L Michael's, and Joseph Langton of Liverpool Esq. ~ Lane. MSS.
ToL ■aii. Tonffe Evid.

' Old Hall, in Pilkington, ho« long since perished. In the lost century it waa the
ymmtj of Joshua Crompton Oent. Tho Estate is freehold, and bclonge to Mr.
Jhniei Bomsbottom of Clerk's Hill in Filkington.

w Stand Hall, otherwise Pilkington Tower, was tbe seat of the knightly family of the
PilkiDgtonB in tbe lOtb Henry I. which they held under the Qrelleys, Lords of Man-
chester. Edward IV. granted a liconco to Sir Thomas Pilkington, a devoted Vorkiat,
to kernel and cmbotltc his Manor house at Stand. The Estates, "and what Sir

Thomas Pilkington had in right of bis lady, who was daughter and heiress of

Chetham of Chotham," (Baines, vol. ir, p. 13,) were confiscated by tbo adhurunee of
Sir Thomas Pilkington to Ricbs.rd III. and were conferred by Henry VII. on Thomas,
second Lord Stanley and first Earl of Derby. Sir William Filkington of dievet in

Oranrrv of iKanrfirfltrr. Ul

I fHWItt, and some Land, [worth] about -1' p. [er] an. [num,] ^tliaol.

T [lying near the Stand] in Pilkinton, [was] left to Cliar.
l^bible] uses, by Hen.[ry] Syddall [of Ratcliffe Bridge, Tailor, in]
1696, hut being left to y" Disposall of a Dissenter, [Roger Walker
of Kadcliffe, Butcher,] a Presbyterian Meeting-house is built
upon part of y« Land, aud a Dissenter teaches School in part
of y* house; but w' is done w"" y* profits of y" Estate cannot be
learnt. Curate's Ace*- an, [no] 1718. The present Master is
Wm, Walker, one of their own Gang. Mr. Scholea' Acc'- 1722.

|@H It acre of Land, bought [at Rainsow in Prestwich,] by [the] Viwcititt.
KsM Inhab. [itonts,] and a house built upon it, [of the value] of
4^ p.[er] un.[num, which sum is] laid out in Linncn Cloth,
[every Christmas ; the] Int.[ere8t] of 97l-8'-9^, given by Rcct.
[or Asheton, John Scholes of Elton,] and other Inhab. [itants]
of Filkington, given in Linncn Cloth to the Poor of that Towns.
[hip, who industriously endeavour to keep themselves out of the
Poor's Book.]

Jgg aB»ai«.' Ccrtif.Licd] yt nothing (Bftap.»at.

1^3^ ))eIougs to it but w' y^ Rect.[or] Fum ..an

pleases to allow, who is obliged to supply it. [""""'^-i

the rouatj of Torli B>rt. is the head of tbU fiimi]]', being the dc«ecndant of Arthur
PiUtingtoQ of Bradlej in the countj oC York, BOB and hoir of Sir John Pilkington,
younger brother of Sir Tboma» FiUungtoo, Ihe zealous Yorkist. LoUnd writes,
" Pilkcnton bod n pLiee bard bj Filkentou Piirk, throe miles from Manchcatcr."

Btaod HaU, in Pilkingloa Park, a large wood Had plaatCT building, wu taken down
hf the Earl of Derby in the year 1636, and s necr house built on ita site. On a red
grit atoDO waa inciiicd the date lulS. The Bam, originallj a Chapet, also the ticfoil-
headed windove with oak mullioua, and the timber rool^ nitb sodui handsome earring
of the reign of 116017 Til. >tiU rcmaina.

' Dediealed to St. Hary. Tolne in 1634, £101. Begistorg begin In 1558.

The Manor of Oldham or Alilhohne vas held in the 18th Edward 11. b; Richard,
son of William, son of Adam do Oldham; and in the 2d Homy IV. anno 1*00,
it naa found that John, bod of Marger; Cudworlh, daughter of Bicliard de Oldham,
held the Manor of Oldbain of the King, as parcel of the Doch; of lAncacter, hj

112

^Htta CaMtnaia.

An Ancient Chappell, but no Endowment. Warden Wro^s
Acd- 170e. Vap. Reg.

20 p.[er] an.[iiuni for an] Anniv. [ersary] Sermon, [to be
preacbed on the next Wednesday after Micbaelmaa, on whicb
day bis Cbaritiea are distributed, left] by Mr. [Samuel] Haward,
out of his Char.[ity] of 20' p.[er] an. [num.]

The Chappelry is very large, containing 4 TownsP". The Con-
greg.[ation is] very numerous.

Oldham, Eyton, Cbadderton, [and] Crompton.

In Oldbam [Cbapelry,] Chadderton,'' and Fosdenton^ in Cbad-

KnigLt'a Mrri™, and a rent of vi". viii^. Tlie Manor was lold by Joshua CudwoHli
Oent. about the lattor part of the eightmtith 1x1111117, to Sir Raphe Assheton Bart.
and wae purchued m the year 1794, bj Jobn Leea of Wernith Enq. grandfitber of tho
present owner. — Lane. MSS. vol. yiii. p. 350.

In the joara 1802 and 1803, Acta of Parliament wctb ohtimicd b; John L(^ Esq.
to ouabie him to encloHe and allot the Commons " witbin the Manor of Oldbam cum
Wemith."

The Church is not mBntioood in tho great Valor of Pope Nicholas tn the year
1291, and apparently a not included under the Mother Church, although a high
■ntiqaity has been, without nulGcient ortdence, claimed for it. In the jeac 1448, the
Chapel of Oldham is styled, in a Detiree of the Archdeacon of Chester, " notoriously
dependent" on the Parish Church of Prestwiuh, and the Inhabitants of the townships
of Oldham, Chadderton, Royton, and Crompton, are required to contribute towards
the charges of the bread and wine, and other necessaries of the Mother Church, in
the same manner as the other Parishioners.

The aneient Chapd of Oldbam having become dilapidated, Kalpb tiangiey, BeirtoT
of Prestwich-cnm-Oldham, and Warden of Manchester, entered into contracts with
certain builders, by Indenture dated the 4th of November 1476, to rebuild the
Ohureh, which undertaking was to be completed by Easter Day in tho year 1479, at a
cost of £28. 6s. 6d. the Sector furnishing the building materials. The liberality of the
Beotor was not, howercr, sufficient to settle tho long agitated disputes between the
Parishioners of Prestwich and the Inhabitants of Oldham ; for Lu tho year 1568,
Onthbert, Bishop of Cheater, commanded tho hitter to fiimish the usual noocssariea
to tho Uother Church, under pain of interdiction, and eren supprosston of their
ChapeL

In the year 1824, the Inhabitants of Oldham, in vcalry assembled, determined
to apply to Parliament for powers to take down and rebuild the Church, out of
a Sate to be levied on tho Parishioners, the owners of property being required to
contribute two-thirds, and the tenants ono'third. The first stone of the Church was
lud on tha ISth of October 1827, by Thoiaa«, Earl of Wilton, and on the 12th of

Oranei^ of fUlanc^tattr.

113

derton ; Foxdentou ;^ Ryton ;* Crompton,s and Whitfield^ in

Crompton: Womith,^ Chamber,^ Horsegc,^ Lees,'" [aud] Bent,"

[Tliere are] 4 Churchw. [ardena] for the Chapelry of Oldham,

December 1830, the ewred edifice wae opened for Dmne Worship. The Tower wm
furnished with twelve belli, and witli bd illumiiutMl Clock ) and the eipcDso of the
erection of the Church amouDted to £30,000.

On the north aide of Oldham Church n-aa a Bmall Chapel belonging to t!ie Cud-
wortba of Wernith, and canunonlj called "Cudworth Chapel," It van eructcd before
the year 1609, but only contained the monument of John Cudnorth Eeq. who died in
1652. It was imligionslj debcod in IS2T.

On the south side of the Church was another Chapel, belonging to Chadderton
Hall, and formerJj the burial phice of the Ashclons, but latterly odled the "Horton
ChapcL" The Uorlon monuaieuts were profanely removed when the old Church waa
taken down, aud have not been replaced.

In the year 1650 this was called a Parish Church, though xithont any endowntEnt ;
and Mr. John Late, who bad been harshly treated, and irrcguhirly deprived by the
agents of the Parliament, was succeeded by Mr. Robert Constantinc, who was aup-
poBpd to be put in by Order of the Committee of Plundered Minietere. This Com-
mittee aftcrwarda promised him £100 per annum, out of the Tithes of the Pariah ;
but notwithstanding his zeal for the Puritan cause, he was unable to secure the fulfil-
ment of high-sounding promises and elaborate treaties on the part of his friends.
He remained in Mr. Lake's Living until the Restoration, and wb« much troubled by
Lake's repeatedly urging him to resign a place to wliich he hud no title, and of
which be (Lake) had not been legally divested even according to the notions then
pieralent. Whilst Lake was a Churehroan and Boyahsl, he was lUppoaed, at
this time, to bo a Presbyterian, and seems to have been virulently pcrseeatod by
the IndcpcndenlB. The original eorrespondenco between all the parties on the subject
of Lake's being auperseded by Constantinc, and the various atepa by which it was
■ocoQipHdhcd, has been carefully preserved. This great man beeame Rector of Preat-
wieh in the year IGAS, and was afterwards Bishop of Man, Bristol, and Chichester,
one of the seven Bishops aent to the Tower by James II. and one of the nine who
refused the oaths to WiUiam III. — ianc. MSS. vol. mii.

• Chadderton, in the time of King John, was held by Richard do TmJTord who gave
the Manor to his second son, Qooffisry, who assumed the name of Chadderton ; oud his
I great grand'dauglitcr, Margaret Chadderton, having married John de RadcUfie, son

of John do Radcliffe, Keetor of Bury, [a married man,] and grandson of William Ead-
I clilTe of SmithiUs, and bis wife, Katbariue, daughter aud co-beiresa of Sir Thurston

I Norley, became aviied of the Manor, jure laoru, and wsa living here the 25tb of June

I in the 22d Bichanl II. On the death of his deacendani, Richard Radcliffe Eaq. in

I the year 143G, the Estates were divided amongst his three co-heireeaes, of which,

L Johanna, the i<e«ond, oiorrLod in the 82d Henry VI. Edmund, second son of Sir

^^^^_ Thomas Ashton of Aahlun, who thus became poaseeaed of the Uall and a third part

one of them chosen by [the] Rcct[or, the Minister of Oldham,]
for Oldham ; [the] other 3 by [the] Par. [isli,] as the Sg"- Canon
directs ; and each serves for a Township.

of the Manor. Tbeae veto sold b^ his descendiuit, the Ber. WiUinm ABbeton B.D.
•bout tbe ;eu 1690, to Jonhun Hortan of Sowerbj in th« nount; of York Ehj.
(nepheir of Willintn Horton of Hoirrojd Esq.) anil pasBod in marriage with Iiis repre-
, Henrietta Siuanua Aitae, (who died Ibc 29lb of December 1827,) only
obild qf Sii Watta Horton Bart, to Cburlca Bhy« of KUmacnUn^d in the count; of
□ Esq. tlie pruaunt owner. Tlie south &ant of the house was added about
the middle of the eighteenth cenlnry, hj Sir Wiliinm Horton. Tlie oak Blaircase of
the time of Charles II. with double t»iited railj, a Tcr; handaome. Hen are nuuij
neglected portnuts of the Horton (koiilj. — £ow. 3tSS. tol. liii.

* FaxdentoD Hall, like Chadderton, wb« granted b; Richard de Traflbrd to bia aoa
Oeotttej, and bBving b«m obtained bj the RadcliSbs, nas convojed in marriage by
Bliiabeth, eldeat daughter and eo-beire« of Rirbard R^eli9*o of Chadderton, an Che
7th of Maj in tbe 33d Uearj VI. to Robert BadeljBb, Moond son of Aleiander
BadcljiD) of Ordahall E>q. in whose descendant, Kobert UodcljO'e of the eit; of
Bath Esq. il is now Tested. The "Qate House" nnmcd in the year 1651, is gone;
uid tbe bouse itaelf, now an inoonsidcrrable building, has long been forsaken bj
the owners, although numerous tamilj portruita are still allowed to remain. Manj
additions were made to the bouse in the year 1620, bj WilJism Rndcljffo Esq. tho
father of Sir William Raddjffe, a Colonel in the arm; of Charles I. ; and the prin-
cipal front appears to have been built about the latter part of tbe Beventeentb
century.

' Royton Hall was granted by Edward II. in tbe year 1301, to Sir John de Byron
of Clayton, and was occupied during the Latter part of tbe reign of Queen Eliiabeth,
by Sir John Byron the younger, at which time much of the present house wa« built.
Biohard, the second Lord Byron, sold the Estate in the year 16CS, to Thomas PcrcitBl
of Hancbetter, merchant, whose great grand- daughter, Katherine Pervival, havisg mar-
ried in tbe yew 1763, Joseph Pickford of Alt HUl Esq. the EsUto descended to bcr
only son, William Percival Pickford Esq. who dying without issue, in the year 1816,
derised it to his father, Sir Joseph RadcUSe Bart, in whose son it is now Tested.
Tbe Hall is divided into several tenements, and appears to have been new fronted
about the middle of the last century. Tbe Park has disappeared.

* Crompton Hall, in East Crompton, the residence of "Hugh de Crompton, son of
Simon de la Legh," in the 30tb Henry I. and of his descendants, until the year 1660,
when it was sohl, owing to the losses sustained by the family during tbe Civil Wars.
It has been re-purcbased by a eollaterol dmcendanl of the fiu>dly, and a new bouse

built.

* Whitfield Hall, a large and irrcgulnr stone house, taken down about the year
1780, was in the possession of Laurance Builiej Gent, a branch of (he parent house
of Buckley, in tbe yew l&EiE, ind Mntiniisd in his bmily until the year 1713, when Iho

23fanrrp of manriitntcr.

6 to. [ilea] from [the] Mother Church. 3 m.[ilcB] from Mid-
dleton, y next Par.[ish] Church.

' Wemiith Hall wan hdd by WiUiain de Wcrnith in the reign of Henry III. and
■hortlf nfterwarda, by Alirard de Aldliolm, and Alicia hia vi!e. The Estate wot con-
Tejcd bj Margery, daugliUr and oo-hciress of Richard de Oldham, Lu nuuTiage, to
John Cudworlh of Cudworth in the eountj of York, whose grandson, Geoffrey Cud-
worth, lived here in the 6th Edward IV. Joshua Cudworth aold the Estate of hia an-
cestor* (being abont one hundreil acres) to Sir Raphe Aesheton of Middlcton Burt, who
gave it, in the year 1716, in marringe with hit daughter Katherine, to Thomas Liater
of Amoldshiggin in the county of York. It was sold in the year 1794, to John Leei
Eeq. grandfathcrofthcpresent owner for £30,000.

Of this Tcry aui-tent lomily was Ralph Oudworth D.D. son of Ralph Cudworth
Geikt. and Agues, daughter of Aleiander Leca of Lees, near Ashtou under Lyne. He
was Fellow of Emanurl College Cambridge, October 3d in the 4SiI Eliutbelh ; and
was then named a Trustee in the marriage settlement of bis kinsman, James Chetham
of Nnthurst Gent. — £obc. MSS. toI. iL p. 78. He wm aflcrwards Rector of AJIer
in Somersetshinr, and died in the year 1624. Here was bom in the year 1617, his
more celebrated eon, Ralph Cudworth D.D. also a Fellow and Tutor of Emanuel
CoUege, and author of "The True Intdleotual System." He was father of the
learned Lady Ma«ham, the friend of Locke, and died in the year 1688.

" Chnmber Hall was held by Richard de Tetlow in the reign of Edward II. Robert,
■on of Adam de Oldham having granted to Richard, son of Adam de Tellow, Unds
in Wemilh juita Oldham, by Depd dated in the 14th Edward II. His grandfather.
Adam do Tellow, (according to a Deed quoted in the year 1639, in u dispute respeel-
ing the Commons of Oldham, with Sir John Byron,) having married Eva, daughter of
William, son of Adam de Oldham, obtained her lands in Wemilh and Oldham. The
fcmily remained here in good repute, and lineal descent, until Jane, sole heirrai of
Robert Ti-tlow Esq. conveyed the Estate in marriage to Oeorgo Wood Gent, who
■old it in the year 1646, to Mr. Henry Wrigley, a Linen Draper in Salford, whose
grand-daughter, Martha daughter and heiress of Henij Wrigli7 Esq. having about
the year 1680, married Joseph Qregge Esq. tho Estate was devised to him. Hia
grandson, Edward Qrcgge Hopwood of Hopwood Esq. settled it upon his younger
children in the year 1786.

' Horeedgo Hall, a timber house, near the Church, was the property and rcsidonee
of Edmund Tsylor Gent, in the year 1588 i and a moiety of it, was conveyed before
the year 1688, by EUinor, one of the danghters and co-heiressea of John Tsyior Gent,
in marriage to Thomas Nuttatl of Toltingtou Uall Gent, whoso daughter and co-
hirireas, Margaret, conveyed it to her husband, Adam Bagshsw of Wormhill in the
county of Derby Gent, from whom it passed by marriage in the year 1731, to the
grand&lhct of the presmi owner, Robert RndclylTe of Foidenton Esq, Tlie other
moiety was settled on Eliiabolh, the other co-heiress of Mr, Taylor, who married

1^

0j>titi& tttatxitnnia.

• ?S^ nt iB& School, built by Mr. Jam.[c8] Aslieton," (in 1606,)
gg^ endowed w*"" 2' p-[er] an.[uum] out of an Estate in Oldbam
called Rhodes ; and 10» p. [er] an. [num] rent of a Croft ; 20" p. [cr]
an.[nuni] was left by G.[eorgc] Scoles of Chaddertou, yeoman,
for repairing y* School, out of certain lands lying iu Crompton,
called Shaw-sidc, and Doghill. [The] Master [is] uominat. [ed]
by [the] Feoffees. Writings in y" Church Chest, iu the Chancel.

' 8Sii '*'"' '° ^^^^' ^^ ^*'"" S"'"["^'] Haward of Salford, 201
■H8 p. [cr] an.[num,J to be laid out by bis Trustees in Woollen
Cloth [for ancient decayed I louse-keepers,] and 20 Bibles and

WiUism Langley of Thomscow in the county of York Gon(. This U now the propcrtj
of Joecph Jonm of Wulsimw Hoius Esij.

'" Leea Hull vma the propntj nnd rcaidoace in the jaa 1531, of Thomiu Cbaderton
Oent. uid hit wife, Joui, ditughter oC John Tetlow of Chamber. Heiv was bom, in
tha JBM 1&36, and not at Chadderton Hall, according to Mr. Whalton, (Buinfs'B IGiL
TOl. ii. p. G80,) their jounger fon, Laiirenee Chaderton, B.D. afterwords Mauler of
Emanuel College Cambridge, and one of the Translalora of the Engliah Bible, who died
in the jear 1640, aged one hundred and thrw jeare. Ilia elder brother, George, mar-
ried, about the year 1590, Mary, daughter and co'heiress of John Cuerden of Cuerden,
ud had iMUe four dnughtiTs, Bud a gon, Thomaii, " of the Leghs near Oldham," who,
in the year 1613, married, wheu under age. Mar;, ilanghter of William Orrcll of Tur-
ton Exq. and recorded his Pedigree in the College of Armn, in the name year. The
statement in Baines'i ffitlorg of Laneathire, toI. ii. p. 590, respecting the diiinherit-
ing of Dr. Laurence Chaderton, and the devise of his Eststea to the BadeliflTei of
Chadderton, lit a pare bbrication. The Eat«1« of Leca continaed in the lamilf ontil
the death of Hr. George Chaderton in the jear 1675, when it paaaed bj derise to

Henry Lyon Gent. Peter Flumpton Gent, and Deutou Gent, aa hein at law.

Leea Hall was the reaidencc of the Lyona from thiA time until the death of Nieholu
John Lyon Eaq. in the year 1771, when it was aold to John Lees Esq. whose grandson
is the present owner. Tlie Hall is now divided into cottages.

" Bent Hall, now used as a Uat Warehouse, eontaining some muUion nnd transom
windows, is the property of Mr. Clegg.

" The Founder was James Ashcton of Chadderton Hall Esq. eldest aon of Edmund
Asholon, and his wife, Ann, daughter of Ralph Prestwich of Holme Eiq. He mar-
ried first, a daughter and co-heiress of Sir Robert Langley of Agecroft, but she dying
issuelesB, he married secondly, Ann, daughter of Thomas, son of Sir Tbomns Talbot
of Bashatl in the county of Tork. He had no issue by her; and she surriving him,
married secondly, Ralph Asheton of Lever Esq. and died al Stannycliffe Hall near
Ulddleton, in tbe year 1636.

Oranrtg of fflanc^tstn. 117

20 Catechisms, ev,[ery] year, for Poor Children. By Tho.[maa]
Hopwood, 1' ■ 12» p.[er] aii.[mim,] out of a field [iu Fog Lane,]
called the Poof'b Field, to Oldham and Ryton; and 5' p.[cr] an.
[num] to [the] Poor of Crompton, [charged on an Estate called
Birchall, in Crompton.] Neither of these two benefactors known.'*
Certif.[ied] an.[no] 1722.

John Tetlow, in 1704, gave Lands to bind Apprentices, and
for the Poor; William Radclyffe of Foxdenton, Esq. gave by
Deed dated the 12th of May 1642, 20* a year to the Poor of
Chadderton, and 10" a year to the Poor of Oldham, Royton, and
Crompton.

Sgj I!N6i.S!?.' Thia Chap, [el] was Con- auflin.

^ilsS eecrated by B.[iBhop] Bridg.[man,] sjn... oo.oi,*
an.[no] 1634, having been built an. [no] 1626, by Nathan Wal- ™' ■ "'*■"
worth^ of Lond.[on,] Gent.; and lOO" being subscribed by [the]

" Tha firit of these BcnBfartors wore Edmund TpIIow tho elder Gent, and Edmund
Tetlow liie joungOT Glent. who, in considerBtion of £20, by Indenture dated the 12th
of Jaouor; 1640, granted a field in Fog Lane, oalled the Qreat Mesdow, and after-
wards the Poor's Field, in Trust, to Edmund Walker, and bia heirs, to paj jearly to
the Poor of Oldham 28s, Bd. per annum, and to the Poor of Boyton 3s. 4d. per
uniuo ; bat in the year 1652, the whole field appears to bsTe been applicable to the
Poor. The other Benefactor viaa James Wilde of Shaw, who, bj Will dated the 26th
of December 1672, gare bis lands to Elizabeth his wife, for life, aod after her death
to James Wilde, son of his brother, charged with £& a year for clothing and bedding
for the Poor of Crompton.

I Dedicated to the Holy Trinity. Value in 1834^ £2M. Hegisters begin in 1T19.

* Nathan Walworthc of London Qent. a natiie of Kingley, who had been a steward
in the Derby and Pembroke families, haring erected a building at Ringley, intended for
■ Chapel, about the year 1624, tho same was consecrated on tho llth of December
16S4; and in the following year be conveyed by Deed, to Nathan Walworthe of
Bingley, Peter Seddon, Rirhard Ueape, John Horroi, aud Robert Scddoa of Filk-
ington, yeomen, the Lands in Little BenUm, hero described, " with all Fowling and
taking of Fowl in and npoD the cliBs in Benton," in TruBt, for the use of a Preachiag
Uinister ; and when the Truitees were redncml to two, six more to bo added, being
inhabitants in, or near Ringli'j, In Ihc year 1717 (ho Truslees were Nathan Mort
of Wharlon Uall in TiJrIcrtry Gent. ; William Wilson of Poppithorne Geut. ; James

118

^otitia CrfitrimBis.

Inhab. [itants] tow.[ards the] maint. [enance] of a Mm.[i8ter,]
waa laid out in Land before y* Con seer, [ation.] It ia styled,
"Capella S'' Salvatoris." V.[ide] Reg.{ister, p.] 415.

The right of Nora, [inating] a Curate was, by [the] Act of Con-
secr. [ation,] given t« Mr. Walworth for life, and after liis death to
[the] Rectoura of Preatwych, Burj', and Middleton, or [the] major
part of y". [The] Towns, [hipt] of Ringley, Kersley, Clifton, and
Outwood resort to it, Kersley is in Dean Par.[ish,] and Clifton
in Eccles Par.[iBh.] The Rights of these 3 Parishes arc preserved,
but [there ia] no mention of [the] consent of y« Min' of any of y"
in y" disposal! of [the] Right of Nomination. V.[ide] Act lb.

Certif[ied] SO'IOIOJ, viz. 24^, Rent of a tenem* and mes-
suage, and six Oxgaiigs of Land, cont. [aining] ab' 120 Acres, in
Little BentoD, Yorksh. [ire,] settled by Nathan Walworth, Founder
of y" Chap. [el,] an. [no] 1635, in Trustees, for y* use of y* Curate;
but the housing being Ruinous, [and materials for building being
Bcarcc and dear in that country,] and [the] Estate at [a] great
distance (viz. 80 m.[ilca,]) large deduct, [ions] are to be made.

Seddan of Fnrstolra, and Robert Bolton of 'Kfniej, yeomen g who itated thai tha
reroraioD of s Meuiiage in Sharpie*, and a rent of £1. lOd. out of the raid Measiuge
vt,a rvterved to the Tnutoew, bj Leiua made b; the Founder before he built tha
Chapel, (or B Icmi, whermf eight; Jean WTV then unexpired. The; further ■Istwl
that fifliwn or trent; yean aHet the Chapel had been coDBecrat«d, tbe lahabilkuti,
■nd others eluuitabl; diapoaed, built a house, with outhonaing, and bought two pa-
dmu fiir the uae of the Minislor i and that John Starkie of Uuntroyd Eiq. b; luden-
lurc of Lessc dated thu 10th of December 1668, demised to William Uulmc of Keralej
Esq. a parcel 0/ Waste Ground in Kersley, being fifty yards in lengtJi and twenty
yards in breadth, (whereon Mr. Hulme built a house and outhousing,) for Gve hun-
dred yean, under the rent of Id. to the said Mr. Starkie, and his heirs, the profits
being appropriated U> the Uinister of Bingle^:, for the titne b(nng. The Estate was
then vested in William Bsgulcy Gont. Eiceulor of Mr. HuImc, the gcueroni Founder
of the Uulmeiun Exhibitiooi at Brascnose College, Oxon ^ and Mr. Joshua Diioo, an
old man, was then the Minister here, and also at KiTinRton.— See p. 78, Mote 18. ITiB
Cormpondence of the founder with Peter BeddoD, chicQy on the sul:|ject of liis Chari-
ties, is still ID ciiilence, from which it might seem that the old Steward, in the phra-
seology of Fisaoio, was "a man of waggish eoungf^ ready in gibes, quick anaweied,
eaney, and as qoarrelous as the weasel."
Th« Chapel was rebuilt in the year 1887.

Scanrr^ of ffAiaa^t»Ut. 119

l'.0«-10i, Rent of a Tenem.[eiit] iii Sharpies, given by y' said
Walworth. [The] Chap. [el] -house and 2 Gardens [were] given
by [the] Inhab. [itants,] 20 y. [cars] after y« Chap, [el] was built,
[worth] 2' [a year;] [a] house and plot of Land, in Kersley,
given by Joh.[u] Starkey, [worth] S'-IO [a year.]

3 m. [iles] from [the] Par.[iah] Churcli, and from any other
Ch.[urch.]

Augm.[ented] an.[no] 1719, w'^ 200' by Mr. Asheton, Rectour
of Prestwich,

WSS nv IB a School, founded by Mr. Na.[than] Walworth, anil £rtiaal>
^ro endowed with 10' p.[cr] an.[num] by y" Will of [the]
Founder. [Tlie] Rectours of Prestwich, Bury, and Middlcton, or
the greater part of them, name y* Master. The Endowment was
2 Oxgangs, or 40 acres, of Land, at Flaraborough, in Yorks.
[hire,] let now, (an. [no.] 1719,) for 9" p.[er] an.[num.] No
Scholars free.

Writings, belong, [ing] both to [the] Chap, [el] and School, are
in y hands of Jam. [es] Seddon of Outwood, one of y^ IVustees,
An. [no] 1719. [They are] now in a strong Chest, with 3 locks
npon it, in the Chapel of Ringley. Certif. [tcale] of Mr. Jacob
Seholes, Apr.[il] 13, 1722.

%^E iQ^Ei9<!^,' Certif.[ied] y* no certain 9ustn.

^q{ Salary belongs to y* Curate, but y*
Rect.[or] generally allows 5' p. [er] an.[num,] and y* ueighboiir-
ing Inhab. [itanta] ab' 13' p. [er] an. [num.]

< Dedicated to the Uulj Trinitj. Value in 1B34, £SSO. Regaten begin m 1701.

A bmil; uf the local mune resided here in the time of Edwud III. and b; Deed
drted at CromptOQ, in the ■Uth Edward in. 1370, Thonuu de Shaw settka upon
Alexander his sod, tuid bis isBUo male, all the lands snd tenemfiDts xhirh he had of
the gift of John, son of Roger de Chaderton, b the Townihjp of Crompton. In de-
fault of nule issue, (he lands to descend to Thomas and Bcmy, brothers uf Aleiauder
do Shaw, with a remainder orer to Thomas, son of Adam de Clutderton, in lee.
Probably of tbi« family was OlivtT Shaw Gent, who died at Hey-sido, und was buried

120

Itoiftia CtAtrttntiis.

•e for CompoQiidiiig witb Delmquenta

a E»q. having bcrn fiuivi £1,414, with &

11 upon the Cbapeby of Oldham, for tho

and £40 per Bmmm for the suce par-

Augm. [enteil] an. [no] 1718, w"" 200', given by Mr. Asheton,
Bectour of Prestwycli.

6ni.[ile8] from [the] Mother Church.
No School reported.
No Charities reported.

ftt Shaw, in tltc yeia 1705, aged feTcnty, He rucorded a short Pedigree in the College
of Anna. Lane. MSS.

There is a tradition that the Chapel wax anciently called "St. Potrivk's Chitpcl on
the Moor." and that the nlterution of the Falrao Saint tuok place vbun the Chapel
ITU rebuilt in tho but cejitury. Adjoining the Cbnpel arc laadi still called Moor
Fielda. On tbo Sth of July 1515, Hugh Burdman was licensed to tho oSoc of
JEtcoder in Shaw Chapel, io the Parish of Fraatnich, hy the Ai^hdeacon of Chester. —
Act Book, vol i. Zone. MSS.

On the 10th of Dcpembor 1646, the Conu
stated, that Edmund Asheton of Chaddertot
proviso that if ho would settle £S0 per ai
nujnteiiHnec of a Preacbiog Minister for

pose upon the Chapel of Shaw, the Sne should be reduced to £614. It being aflsr-
nards discoiered tbnt £50 a jenr would not make up a sufficient maintonanee for the
Incumbent of Oldham, Mr. Aaheton was required to settle £50 in addition, upon
Oldham, and ao obtain bis discharge. On Che 18tb of December 1&46, the notorious
PresideDt Bradsbawe addreasMi " Mr. Heniy Wrigle;, Mr. John Ogden, Mr. John
Bnith, and the Qenflemen of Oldhom Parish," asauring Ihem that, " bj the goodness
of Almightj God, wee have now gotten yo* buaines so diepotcht as will be doubtles
to jo' great content & comfort. I am a witnca of the ciccuting of a Dcod bj w'^
jou have the whole Rectory of Oldham settled in os good a way as yon can wisha
uppon yo' Church of Oldham, and Shaw ChappelL" . , . "I have sent yone by
this bearer the Order I procured before for £40, to bo allowed for maynteniuice of a
Minister at Shawc Chappcll." — Original Leliert, Law. MSS.

In the year 1650, Shaw was returned to the QoTcmmeiit as being two mitea and
three quarters and twcnty^four poles from Oldham Church. Tho Cure hod been sup-
plied by Mr. Robert Symonds i and he ought to have hod after the rate of £40 per
annam for hia salary, but he could not obtain it. For three Sabbath days, then last
past, the Cure had been served by such Miniatera as the Inbabitanta could provide,
btlt there woa no settled Minister or Endowment. It was recommended that the
Ch^>eby should be mado a distinct Parish. — Zami. MSS. vol ii. It was little better
oinumstanced in the year 1717, when William and Abraham Lees deposed, on oath,
before Dr. Wroe, that there being no Endowment " when the Chapel has been sup-
plied, the Curate hath been maintained" as mentioned in the Teit.

Mr. Symonds was born in Elton near Bury, educated at Oxford, and beeamo Chap-
lain of the Collegiate Church of Manchester before the you- 1638. He suffered much
during the Usurpation, being one of the seven thousand Clergymen who refused to

i3Fancr» of IRanriirtitrr.

i SQ1^l9ai.X,i [certified] about 300i p.[erl an.[num.] 'B''. uiy,^
The advowson of tliis Church was given by Koger y pr.A^^is. *.
Son of John Lacy, Founder of Stanlaw (afterw. [ards] |J,°; J;,;!; J

' Whalley) Mon: [astery, j to that Abbey, Duffd. Mon. ^»" »«*■

V. I. p 906. dL:m,p.

take the Covenant, and thCTefore lost hia Lh-ing, He ma aflenrnrdB a Uutra in
the Gnunmar Scliool of HanchcBter; sad Oeorge Chethsm of Clayton Esq. reoords
in his Journat, "Apr, 17, 1646, my son, Ilumphrey Chelham, went to School to Mr.
Sjmonda, and Eliiaboth went to Mm. Ami«»e." At ths Rcatoration, Mr. Sjmonda
became Bwtor of MldiUetOD ; nod dying there on the Z3d of Maivb 1681-2, aged
dghty-four, was buried in the Rector's Chapel vithin that Churoh, bin Funeral Sermon
haying been presclitd from 1 John, iii. 3, bj his "crer faithful friend" Dr. Stratford,
Warden of Manchester. His Wilt was proved at Chester OD the 26th of May 1682.

He left ODD son, John, who married Ellen, daughter of Booth of Mnccles&eld

Qent. and two (laughters, Johanna, wile of Mr. John Alexander of Manchrater ; and
Silence, wife of the Bey. Chwlea Beswicko M.A- Beetor of Badfltffe. — Lane. MSS.
ToL iy. p. 95. Pike Souse Evid. Walker's SuffMngt of the Clergji, p. 36G, where
the name i> a|ie1t Simmonds

Collected at MUnrow, on a Brief for Shaw Chapel, Oldham, 7". lOj''. 7i" 21, 1736,—
Biyitler Book. In the year 1730, the Chapel nas rebuilt, at a coat of £1,100; and
enlarged in the year 1795, The Chapelr; i* Furochisl, and a Chapel Bate is levied
and ooUevted independent either of Preetwiuh or Otdham,

■ Dedicated to St. Chad. Value in 1834, £1,730. Register Books begin in 15S2.

At the Domesday Suryuj, Becedayn, with full Manerial righta, wna held, under the
King, by Oamcl tlie Thane, whose son or descendant, assumed the name of Baehdole.
In the 7th Ceorj IIX John de Eland and John dc Lacy wero the joint Lords of the
Manor, and the share of tlie former was afterwards yeatcd by marriage in the Sayiles
of Eland, in the B^joining Pariah of Halifai ; whilst in the year 1260, Edmund do
Laey oblained a Charier for a Market and Fair in his Manor of Rachdall, and in the
year 13(>9, Henry de Laey, Earl of Lincoln, was found to hare held the Manor of
Castleton to Rochdale, which his daughter and heireea, Aliee, canyeyed in marriago to
Thomas. Earl of Lancaster, and through Bhuich, daughter and sole heiress of Henry,
Duke of Lancaster, it became merged in the Crown. The other moiety continued in
the Sayilo fiimily, and was given by Sir Henry Sayile E.B. of Tankerslej and Thorn-
hill, to his base son. Sir Robert Savile of Howley, who dymg intestate, in the yew
1&38, this share of tlie Manor fell to the Crown for want of an heir, and thus the two
moietica became again united. From this time to the year 1625, the Byrons were
Lessees of the Manor; and in the firat of Charha I. it was conveyed by the King
} Edward and Robert Ramsay Esqr*. in tniat, for the P^rl of Holdemeas, who
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132

ilotttin CcatrifttBiB.

[A] Vicar, [Kichard Gorstclow, per mortcni ultimi Incumben-
tis, was] present, [ed] by Q.[iteeu] Mary an. [no] U.[egni] 1, and
Inat.[ituted] by [the] B.[i8hop] ofChester. Iiisl.[itution] B.^ook]
J, p. 41.

Aii.[no] 1595, [the] Abp. of Cant.[erbury] presented [Josepb
Midgley, per depriv. Ric. Midgley.] B^ook] 2, p. 24, 44.

Patron and Improp. [riator, the] Abp. of Canterbury.

ahiirtlj uflerwBrds »old it to Sir Robert HiaitU, at that time the Attorney QeocrikL
Hnvicg inortgBged the Manor to Sir John Bjron in the jear 1634, Sir Robwi Hwith
i-'outejed the Manor, in feo, four jears afterwards, to Sir John and hia heir*, for
£2,600. In the year 1B2S, the Manor was sold by George Oordou Lord Bjroii, lo
JameB Deardon oi* Roehdalo E»i. and is now in Ihi? posnesaion of hi« son, JaniM
DeardcQ Esq. F.3.A.

It has been repcutedly stated in print, and in rcil^raliNl in Balnea's Hittory of
Laneathire, toL ii. p. 622, that Newateod Abbey was sold by Lord Bjtoii to Mr.
Dearden, although it need aearocly be named that Colonel Wildmau wsa the purchaser
of that interesting religious house, in the year 1817. Neither is it corntct that the
Roehdale Manerial righls " include that portion of Saddleworth which Met within the
Farlsb of Hoehdole," although it might be u«lied what portion of Saddieworth lies
without the Parish of Bochdalo; oor is there any "eiecption of (ueh districts u
Robert de Lacy gare to the Abbots of Whallev."— Baines'a HUtory, voL ii. p. 623.

Mo Church is named in Dometdatf, ae existing at RoeUdale; although the ailmee
of that record is not coDcluaire against the eiiatcnce of a Church at that period.
About fhc year IITO, Adam do Spotlond gate lauds "to Ood, St. Mary and All
Sainia, and to 81. Chad and the Church of Rachdaro ;" proving that a Church at
leaat had then arisen here. Robert de Whalley, who died before the year 1193, was
probably the first Rector, and rucouTeyed these hinds to Alexander do SpoIIand, and
his heirs, to be held of St. Ceddo, the Oiurch of Raehetham, and of the said Robert
and his succeasora, in fee. Between the years 1214 and 1223, Roger de Laey, whose
father, John, had died in the Holy Land, in the year 1179, and who had himself
fought under Richard I. at the siege of Aeon, in the year 1192, gave his share of the
Advowson of the Chnrch of Rochdale, along with John de Ehmd, to the Abbey of
Slanlaw, upon which house, after being cemored to Whalley, the Chureh continued de-
pendent until the BeTonnation.— See the Coucier Book of Whalley, vol. i, pp. 135-145,
published by the Chetham Society, for the rariaus steps taken t-o proonre tbis dona-
tion. A Ticanige was ordained by Roger de Mculand, Bishop of Lichfield and
Coventry, 14 kal. Hay 1277. "The Church of Bakedale" is valued at £28. 6s. 8d. in
the year 1291 ; but no Chapels are mentioned. At this time the benefice hod ceased
to be a Rectory ; and it is not ooay to account for its diminished value m a Vicarage
in tbe Valor of Henry VTTI.

At the east end of the South Aisle is Trinity Chapel, founded by Indenture dated

^rantri? of Jttanrtjrstcr.

V>3

The Vicar has a large CJlebe, aiid all y* houses of two of y" best
Streets in y" Town belonging to liim — 130 houses.

This is a large Parish ; the circumfereuce of it [is] computed to
be -Mi miles.

[The] Poor Leys in [the] Town and Parish are usually llOQi
p.[er] an. [num.] Ward. Wroe's Acc^- 1706. Pap. Reg.

3 Wardens, [and] 3 Assist. [antB.]

the 24th of SL-ptcaibur 1487, bj Dr. Adam Mftrlnnd of MErbmd, Sir Bmidia BntUT-
worth of Bvlfield, and Sir Jamvs ^Iiddll^toll, " n Brutiuvhodc maide and ordajnjd iti
j" Worship of the Olorious Trinite in thu Cburehe of Bnchodale," Sir Jami-s being
appointed "tbe Tiyn^te Preat duryag his Ijf;" and, amonget other things, be WM
required wlicD he went to the Lavatorj, standing at the Altar end, tn-icie a neck, tu
pnty for the co-founders, with do profundi*. Bir Bandal alio desired that his
biher and mother, Bunianl and Agnca, his brother AlExaoder and his wife, Mar-
garet, vith all hi* brethren and aUters, and other gi>od friends, lof^lhcr vritb the
noble Prince Humphrey, Duke of Buckingham, the Lady Anno, his wife, and "our
Frince," and also the soul of Roger llaalingden. Doctor of Dirliuty, should be
prayed for. Sir James also willed that his &ther and mother, Richard and Agnes,
with bis brothers and sisters, Quol&ey Sandiforth and lubel his wife, eapeciatlv,
"w* all those j' holpt hi to y" Seholo in ge'rall bo p'y'd fo*." A moiety of this
Chapel, "with the ground and soil thereof," was sold on the lath day of October
1665, by Jaum Marhind of MarUnd Gent, to Alexander Butterworth of Belfleld
Esq. who had inherited the other moiety as the heir at law of Sir Randal Butter-
worth. The Chnpol passed, iu the year 1728, by devi»e, to Richard Townlcry of
Bochdalo Gent, and was sold by bis descendant, Richard GrosTfis Townley of Bclfleld
Eaq. on the 8th of August 1823, for £660, to James Deardcn Esq. father of the
present owner, whose good taste has prompted bim to complete the Chapel in the
s^lo of architecture which prevailed at the period of its erection. — La»c, MSB.
TOL xiii. p. 438.

At the east end of the North Aisle is St. EBtherine's Chapel, now osed as a Testry,
but by whom founded ii unknown. It was in oiistence in the year 1616, as Robert
Hollo of Stubbly Est), awards that Henry Sale and Thomas Chadwiek shaD pay to
William Bode " opon the auter of Saynt Katcrin witin y< p^'^sshc Church of Ruchdale,
xiii" it* of gud ynglysse mouey," in manner therein mentioned. Dated viii Juneirtii''
of Henry VIU. — ionc. MSS. rol. it. p. 14. Fike Houte Enid.

Id the yenr 1815 the Church, owing to dilapidations by time and iU-trcatment, *■•
supposed to be in an insecure statc^ and wiu recommended to be tuken down and
rebuilt. Application was accordingly made to ParUament for tliat purpose, but the
measure was "strongly opposed to the wishes of nearly the whole of the Luidowners
and PariahioDers -," and ■ few wealthy indiTidoals, who had introduced the Bill, were
o withdraw it. On a careful oiamination of the sereral parts of the structure

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i^otitia €tetrtcnBtB.

CatDiid. 4. [The] 4 TownsP' are, H under sfield, Spotlaud, Butterworth and
Castleton.

9 Wardens ; 4 for y" Cliurch and 5 for y" Chappells, choseu by
[the] Vicar and Parishioners jointly.

Given by Abp. Juxon,* for Curates in this parish, 42' p. [er] an.
[num,] Kennett of Improp.\riations^ p. 256; but this must be a
mistake, there being no more than S'-fr-S"* p'' to Milnrow, and 7'
p.[er] an. [num] to Saddleworth, by [the] Tmprop. [riator,] out of
y" Tytbs, and no otlier Litnd or Money [is] given by any Abp.

An.[no] 1725, a very good new House [was] built by D""
Dunater, Vicar,^ [There is] no Hall or Grange in the Parish.

b; leSrty Wjutt Esq, (who published hin report atl<bv8s«l to tbc Bitbop of Cbeshn',
July Mtli 1816,) it wu ooncludDd tbal eitenaire repaira nauld prcserro tbe originml
ftbrie for fiilure genBratiDiiB. At this tima, Iho PnrisIiionerB alatwi in the House of
Caminous, thut " thej were disposed to gire ever^ Iscilit; to bjij roeaDure that would
be adTantngeouB to the Churcb \ but the; trusted that the Tcnurable etracture whicb
tfaey bad bees so long accualomed to contemplate with revereuoe might not bi> dc-
etrojod without somo clear and urgent neeesgitj." — La»r. JUSS, rol. u.

The Tower is low and mssBire, built about the time of HHIU7 VITI. and contaiiu »
flnepcal of eight bells.

A new Font lined with lead and fiirnislied with a drain, from a bcautifiJ doaign of
the fifteenth century, in the Cliurcb of 8l. Stephen, near St. Alban's, eteculfd bj Mr.
While, the sculptor emplojed in the recent restoration of the Chapter House of
York, was presented to the Church in the year 1846, bj the Rev, Dr. Moleswortb the
Vicar. A cover romnina to bo placed over tho Font.

' Dr. Ducaral has transcribed Keouett's erroneou* acconnt of Juion's gift to the
Curates ofBochclalc Parish; and has also added that a pcneion was settled on tbe
Parieli by Archbisbop Bancroft. He quotes Biahop Kennett's Cate of ItnpropriatioiUt
p. 308. These augmentations were made to the Curates of Whalloy, and not of Roch-
dale, Archbishop JujLon, on tbe renewal of his Rectorial Leases in the year 1661,
settled £120 a year, upon the Vicar and Curates of Whalley ; £70 a year, upon the
Vicor and Cumtee of Blacibum ; £42 a year, upon the Vicar and Curates of Koch-
dale; besides £1V7, 6«. 8d, a year, upon other poor LiviDga in his Grace's gift. It
is DOl known by what means tbe pious intentions of tho Primate wore frustrated, but
it is eertaio that his beneficence was not fiilly enjoyed by those for whom it was
intended.

* Samuel Duneler D,D. is said to have been [he aon of a London Mervhant, and
built the Vicarage House on the plan of his father's house in the Savoy, He remoTed
the old Vicarage House, which was covered with tliatoh, and all-ered the site. He
was educated at Oiford ; and was preMnt«d by Queea Anne on the 18th of July 1706,

larannu of jnancfjrstn'.

125

[Hawortb,* Buckley Uall.a Caatleton Ilall.s Oakenrod,' Foxholes.^ fealU.
Baideratoiie,^ Ilamcr Hall,"' Ncwbold," Gooselanc,'^ Chadwick
HaU," Healy Hall,'* Wolstenholme llall.'s]

to the Itectoiy of Chiimor in Olfordnliirc, bj lapge. He vu BfteriTBTdB Ohuplain to
John, Duke of Marlborough, luid Prebendarjr of Ssrutn. Dr. Wbitnkir crroncoualy
mtntioiu Uini a» b Frcbendar; of Liuoohi, Bod nusHsIs him Tbomiu Dunstur. — Mill.
of ff'hallrg, i>. 44«. In the yvar 1712, h(.> publiahcd liis prose TrBusktion of Itoruce,
to nhich is prefixed bia portrait. He appears to haTe been a ver; haadaoinc man.
Hi» presentation to the Vicarage of Bwhdale a dated Lnuibeth, a3ci of April 1732,
■nd he ia g^lod Samuel Dunatar S.T.P. lie wan popubir at KochdHlr, though he is udd
to hare been a serere Magistrate. In the jear 1736, he gave £S00 in BugmentBtiDn of
the liring of BaddJevortb ; and, in the jear 1762, presented oni- of the large bclbi
to hii Church, on which bis name ettU remains. Hia wife, Mary Dunnter, iias buried
ftt Socbdalc, August 1th 1736 ; and, in the Segicter Book of that Church, it is re-
corded that he iras buried Julj 22d 17S4i, batiug beeu Vicar of Hocbdale thirtj'-twa
years and three months. " He died on Fridny morning, July ]91h, aged about
serenty-four years." His sou, Mr. CharleH Duostor, survived him, hut is not named
io his Will, wliivh is dated the 22d of October 1761, in vhieh the Doctor desires that
if he dies at London, ho may be buried at Pnddington, near his children ; but, if in
the country, in the Farieb Church of Kochdnle, near his wife and daughter ; but pri-
vately, and with as Lttle ceremou}' as possibk'. He gives to his C'urale, Mr. Joseph
Haigh, B.A. (afterwards Incumbent of Milnrow,) "all my M8. Sermons, my new blsclt
Oown, BcBTer and Bonds, and Neck Cloths, and my Virgil and Horace, with MS.
Notes, in three volumes." He gives an annuity of £^ to his sisl^r, Eliiabeth Dun-
ster; legacies to his niece, Eliiabetb Cock, (£10 i) and to Mrs. Ckre, wife of Martin
CUro of London Esq. (£20 ;) to his housekeeper, Mrs. Ann Murray, £6 B year for life,
and some (umiture ; and bis New South Beo Annuities, amounting to £1,200. 7s. 6d.
in the hands of the Bcv. Mr. Cuthbert Barvis, and all hia residue, to hia daughter in
law, Mary Dunat«r, whom ho appointed bis Eiecutrii. Proved at Cheater, August
88d 1754. Hu succeasor wss soon found. On the 25th of July 1764, Dr. Foratcr
obtaiued his nomination to the Living. On the 11th of November 1754, Dr. Dnn-
Bter'a Library woe sold by Osborne and Shipton, in Gray's Inn. — Nichols' LU. Aitec.
voL viii. p. 463, which (s the oiJy notice of him in those volumes. Granger and
Noble bad not been ablo to discover any record of him, although a niche was provided
for him in the Dunciad. — Lane. MSS. Virarage Fapfri.

* Hsworth Hall was the seat of Osbert de Howard in the time of Henry II. when the
King bestowed on him certaiu lands in the territory of HundorsSeld for his good ser-
vices, and made him Master of tbe Boyal Buck Hounds. The {amily continuM here as
superior gentry until the death of the Rev. Radclylfe Haworth D.C.L. Fellow of All
Bouls' College, Oxford, in 1768, For a correct account of this &mily see James's Her
Lancattn/Hur, p. 78, published by the Chetham Society; and for au imperfect account
of rU the bier de«coulB see the Falrk-ha, No. viL p. 256, Nor. 1646. The Hall wn*

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jiotitia CLtfttvimsis.

Church, loDg
1*3.) The in

;r ^^ tVt is a School founded Ijy Abp. Parker, who endowed it w'""

^£i 17' p.[er] an.[num,] payable out of y" Tyths of Hachdalc.'"
Left since by D''Chadwick 3' p. [er] an. [num] for teaching 9 poor
Boyes of this Par,[ish.]

L'otirely remoied about tht'year ISIO, and u itiige iiiuijeni liuiue ttLVU-ri ou its «ite.
Much of tlie qIiI house was built in the time of Queen Elizabelli, b; Robert Howpirth,
whose monument and anni, a bend betwoen two bueks' heads copod, in RoL-IiJalu
■e prrishud, weiv noticed by Bodsworth Sd April 1619, (vol. eilv. p.
namplion was BJ follows ; "Hie jiicet Bobertui Howortli du Mowortll
Urn. qui ohiit 2° die Jubj bddo lelstis 80, 1611.

" Ossn priMnil quBmris hodie grnTis iatc Infilluii

' Buokhiy Hull, a low etono building of the time of Ifcnry VIII. with udditioiu made
in Hi98, and an anvot of sexeral atepi to the front door, hn» been eulirely remoied,
and B cotton mill is erected on its site. The house wna formerly tiurrouiidcd by a
moat, which was partly Tuiible in 1830. Here dwelt a lery uicieut family of the
wme name oa the hamlet, ilosoendod from Geoffrey dc Buchiy, slaiu at (he battle of
ETuhom in 1S6&, and whieh became eilinel in the male Unc on the death of William
Buokluy Eaq. in ITlO, whose great nephew, Thomas Foster, son of Thomas Foster of
Beaumont Uall near Lancasttr and of Elstun near Fnwton, E<q. and hi) wife Ann,
sole child of Thomas Bueklcj of Buckley Esq. eldest brother of Williain Buckley,
aasumed the name of Buckley in complianoe with the will of his grand unctc, WiUiam
Buckley, datttd !Hh May 1730. Ho aiarried Elizabeth, sister of Edward Milhir Muody
of Shipley Esq. M.P. for the county of Derby, andiuut of Oeorgiana Elizabeth, Duchess
of NHwcaslte, and his son, Edward Buckley Escj, sold this and all his Kochdalc
csUlea in 1766 to Robert Gntwislo of Foxholes Esq. (or £14,200, and dying ui 131G,
lull two daughters his co-heiresses.

' Ciatloton Uatl and other lands in Castleton, Wludli^, and olsewlierc, were sold by
Ueury VIII. on the 28th Uureb 33 Henry VIII. to Ru'bert Holle of Slubley Esq. in
conaideratiDD of £491. 6b. 5d. being parcel of the dissolved abbey lands. The house
was built io the time of Queen Elizabeth by a younger branch of the Molts, aud ou
the death of Charlea Holt H.D. in 1627, his elder brother Tscalul Stubley and fixed
his abode here, and not "about 16i0," according to Dr. 'WhilBker. ~ See Sir Robert
Heath's Sunegqftht Jfimoi-, 1627. The present HaU was not "buUt by Robert Holt
Esq. soon after the RCTolution of 1688," (Boines, vol. ii. p. G38,) as he died in 1675, an
old man; nor was Castleton Hall at any time "the ancient mansion of the MarUnJs,"
(p. 638,) as aU the wills and oridoneos of that family aro dated at MarUnd. On Ilw
death of James Holte Esq. the last heir male of tbe family, in the year 1713, bis eatatea
wore divided amongst his four daughters andmhoirfsscs; and Mary, the youngest, who
married at Rochdale, 2lBt July 1714, Samuel Cbctham Esq. of Turton Tower, hod
one fourth of Castleton assigned to her as her portion, and the other shares were pur-
chased of her sisters by Mr, Chelham, The estate passed in 174-1 lu Humphrey

JHcAncrn of Jttanr1)estrr. 127

By M' Linney 2' p.[er] an. [num.] By M' Ilargreavcs 1' p.[cr]
aii.[iiuni] for teaching poor boyes to write. By M' Jam: Holte
lOC, [the] Int.[erest] for teaching poor boyes, uot exceeding six

Chetham Eeq. lu hoir at luvi of his brother Samuel, irho died intestnte, and «u
derUed in tlie year 174B, by the said Humphre]' to their couein, Bdnard ChtithaiD
of Smedlej Esq. for life, on whose deatb in the jenr 1769 without nude iitsue, it
beouna rested under Humphrey Chetham's Will in Clement Winetonlej of Brnun-
«tona Uouse in the county of Leieester Esq. the fon of Frances, one of the coheiroeses
of the wid Jsmet Eolte Esq. by whom it wu sold, in the year 1TT3, to WilliAm
All™ of Dayyhulmu Esq. and Hoger eedgnick of Manehestec Eiq, for £40,000.
Tlieae purchucra afterwards conveyed it by sale to Thomas Smith of Boohdale,
merchant, at whose death in 1606 vithout male iseue, his estates were divided
aiuoDgst his four doughters, and Caatleton became the shore of EUen, afterwards the
wife of John Eotwislu of Foiholes Esq. M.P. in whose son it ia now Tested,— the
■tatement in Eaiocs, vol. ii. p. 639, being altogether incorrect.

In 1719 Samuel Chetham Esq. made conaiderable additions to the house, which is
the hugeBt and most commodious in the parish.

' Oaienrod, " an assart called Aiinrode," is namwl in a deed of the limo of Henry
III. and hero a family of tbe local name resided, of whiL-h was Hugh de le Okenrode,
who attests in ButtLTworth on Monday neit aftor t!w feast of St. Giles, lOth Edward
I. 1283, and Thomas de le Okenrode, living 3d July 1313. The estate wa« bought by
James, son and heir of Hugh Qartside of Gartside Qent. in 1&G5, on bis vacating his
ancient patrimonial estate of Qart«ide. This James Qartside, Bogor his son, and
James bis grandson, were proctors to the abbot and convent of Wballcy, and also
farmers of portions of the tithes of Rochdale parsonage. The Cunily continued hero
until the beginning of tbe last century, wbon Onkenrod became the property and
residence of Edmund Butterworlh of Wiadybank, merchant, whose descendant, Ed-
mund Lodge of Lcedf Esq. sold it, afler 1787, to Junes Royds Esq. in whose son,
Clement Koyds of Folingc Esq. it is now vested. The house was modernised by the
Bulterworlhs.

* Foxholes became the residence of tbe Entwisles about tbo year 169D, and, with
other estates in Rocbdale, was anciently the inheritance of a family named Shipwelbo-
tbam, and afterwards descended to Henry Bradsbaw of Bradshaw, whose daughter
and coheiress married William Entwisle, younger son of Edmund Enlwisle of Entwisle
Esq. who died Btli July 1546. Edmund Entwisle, son ami bcir of William, lived at
Levcngrcove near Wliitworth, in 1685, and his sou and heir, Eichsrd, is styled "of
Sydhall Dent," (now Townhead) in 1631, and " of Foiholes" m 1694, in which year
he was Steward of the Manor of Bochdale. On the death of Robert Entwisle Esq. in
1787, the estate passed by will to John Markland Esq. (of tbe ancirnt and very
rospeotnble famdy of that name of tbe Meadows near Wigan) the grandson of Ellen,
daughter of Bertie Entniale Esq. Tice Chancellor of the Duehy of Lancaster, who
assumed the name and srms of Entwisle. In the vear 17B3, he rebuilt Ihe house of

128 llotitia Ctatrirnsts.

[in number,] to be named by [the] Vicar and 5 Churchward, [eus.]
In all 28' p.[cr] an.[num.]

[The] Master is nominat.[ed] by [the] Abp. of Canterbury.

his msterDsI uicetton ; and vu Sheriff of Laucuhire in the year 1798. He wm
nicoceded bj Mb eldest aon, John EntirialB E>q. M.P. ShcrifT of Lancuhire in the
yeax 18S4, and on his death in the ytw 1837, the Eetnle descenilod to his orilj aon,
the present High Sheriff of the Cimntj. There is an engroTHi view of the house in
Baioet^'a History of Lanetahire.

' Balderatone HaL was in the possesaion of Adam de Balderalone in the 21th
Edwvrd I. ; and Eleanor, daughlef and heiruss of Ileiuy de Balderstoue, conre^ed
the EetatB in marriage, before the ZOth of June in the 6th Henry V. 1418, to Jamei,
son of Geoffrey del Holt, brother of Hugh del Holt of Aahworth. Richard Holt
appears to hnre been the Inst of his Esmil; who held this properti-. He was the aon
of John Holt Gent, and his wife, Joanna, daughter of Mr, John Allen of BcdiTales,
and in the jaa 1651 was a minor, and John Allen Gent, his uncle and guardian, was
Liing in the jcnr 1676. The present house appears to have been built about a
century.

i" Uamer Hall was the rcsidcDee of Bemsrd Hamer in the jenr 1*71, and was held
by Edmund, {son of Ellis, and grandson of Henrj) Hamor Gent, whose Will is dated
January 37th 1697. His descmdant, Bamucl Hamer Esq. nn aeliTe Magistrate, mar-
ried Mary, sister of Sir Henry IbbetsoD of Ueoton Park Bart, and rebuilt the house-
Dying in thii year 1755, he was succeeded by his gecond son, James Haroer Esq. who
died in the year 1784, and whose son, James Hamer, embarked in trade, and sold the
Estate in the year 1808, to John £utwish> of Foiholes Esq. The house is of brick,
and very commodious.

" Newbold belonged to John dc Ncwbold, in the reign of Henry III. and ho had it
by grant from his uncle Geoffrey do Bacley. The family continued hero until the
year 1627, when the Hall was held by Itiubanl son of Henry Scholefield of Ficlden
Gent, whoso daughter and coheiress married in the year 1656, Thomas Oroiton of
Bavenscroft in Cheshire Esq. and conreyed it to her husband. His bod, Thomas
Croiton of London Esq. and his daughters, CieeJy and Mary Croitoo, sold it in Iho
year 1693, to Tliomne Bindley of Bircbenley Gent, whose son, Thomas Cindley junr.
Qent. settled it in the year 1711, on his wife, Mary, daughter of Joseph Gregge of
Chamber Hall Esq. She allerwards married John Htarky of Heywood Esq.; and at
her death in the year 1745, it passed to Samuel Stead of Rochdale, Merchant, in right
of his wife, Judith, daughter of Thomas Hindley senr. and his wife, Judith, daughter
of Samuel Hamer Esq. and was dcrised by him to his kinsman, Thomas Dysoa Hoi-
Und Esq. whose son sold it in the year 1840, to Mr. Samuel Newbold of Bury.

A younger branch of the Ncwbolda continued to reside hero from the beginning of
the siiteentb until the end of the last centuiy.

" Oooselane was, in the year 1504, a " Oraugo" belonging to Whalley Abbey, and,
nOer the Dissolution, was purchased hy the Holts of Htuhley. In the year 1626, the

OranrriJ of Jttancdcain'.

rit by Mrs. Holte [and Mrs. Grautham] of Castletou IOC, ffiS«riti»*.
[the] Int,[ereat] for [the] Clothing and Teaching of 5 Poor

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Estate conBi»tcd of 43a. 3r. 20p. aud wm Talued ut £22 per annnm. Tho house w»a
the residfDCe iu the jcar 1719, of Mr. John Walmsk-j', onr^tor of John Waluiili>j
ofCMUemtreEeq.aheriir of Lancashire in tho ycor 1819, and was kttly the inheri-
laaoe of thptr desceadant, George Walmshij Esq.

" Chadvick iliiU bad lately in it* south front one projecting wing and threp gnbW,
vith B large hall window ; tbo nortli front had two gabled only, with a projecting
bam, long and Iok, towards tbc cast, and built, as appears by thi« inscription, "O. C.
1620," on the north front, by OlivEr Chadwick, the seventh in descent (roni Nicholas
do Chadwyk bom about the time of Edward III. and dead in the year 11^15. — Sealfy
EridaHcei. This family bocaino eitinet in the year 1738, on the death of Mrs. Sarah
Chadwiuk, spinst^tr, daagbtcr of Jonathan Chadwick Saq. M.D. and bia wife, Mary,
daughter of Thomas Chetham of Hutbunt Esq. who dervtsed this anoient Estate to
her mother's relation, the Bor. Roger Kay M.A. who settled it in the year 1726, as part
of his Endowment of tho Qrammar Sebool of Bur; in this county, where it now rests,
A view of Chadwiek Uall ia given in Corry's Riiterg of Lawm\ure, vol. L The
Estate was always small, being little more than twenty-sii Lancashire siires.

" Healey Hi^H, tho capital mansion of a fiunily of the name of Helej, from all
early period nntU about tho reign of Edward ITI., holding their lands aa Abbey
hinds under the Abbot of Stankw soon af)«r the year 1172, {SMoiy of WkaUeg,
p. 141,) and allerwardii under the Abbey of Wballey after (be year 1296, and from
whom descended ATicin, daughter and heiress of Thomas de Heley, who married
Adam, son of Nicholas do Okeden, and who in the year 1388, 12th Eichsrd II. released
to her son, Alexander de Okeden, all her lauds in Spollaiid. His descendant. Alieo,
daughter and cohcireas of Adam de Okeden, married in the year 1483 Jolm, sun and
heir of Jordan Chadwick, second son of John Chadwiek of Chadwick, and bis descend-
ant, in the twctflh generation, was Charles Chadwick Esq. L.L.B. F.S.A. who dying
July Z9tb 1829, settled (by Will dated July Itjth 1829,) aU bis Manors and Estates
in the oountim of Lancaster, Warwick, StalTord, and Derby, upon his only eon,
Hugo Malreysin Chadwick of Halveysin Bidware in the county of Stafford Esq, tho
present roprosentatirc of this ancient family, and whose oTiJy son and beir apparent
is John do fietey Chadwick, now a minor. Tho timber house of Healcy was suc-
cocdod in the year 1618 by the Hall bouse of stoue, with a centre and two wings,
bnilt by Robi.'rt Chadwick Oent. ; and this house was followed in the year 1774, by a
handsome bouse bnilt by Colonel John Chadwick, grandfather of the prenent owner.
An ongraTing of the old Hull is given by Corry.

" Wolslenholme Hull is situated in the hamkt of WoUtenholme in HpolUndi and
here dwelt in tho lime of Hcury II. Martin de WoUtoneahulm, and Robert, his bro-
ther, and afterwards Jolm do Wolstonholme, who attests a grant of land of Andrew
de Spotlsnd, s.d. aud appears again on tho morrow of tho Trinity in the 2nd Edward
I. (1273,) again in tho aoth Edward I. (1S9t,) on the Feut of AMxnaion in the
VOL. II.] t

Uotitifl CcBtriEitBia.

Girla. Charles HoUaiid," iu 1628, £10.
Mother, £200 and certain houses.

Mr. Gnrtsirte aiid his

year 1899, nnd on the FeaBt of 8l. Thomas iu tlie yvai 1303. Inn .ieji.isilion tukon
nt Cheater ou Fubruorj 4th 1548, Thomas Wolfllonliolme of the Pariah of Eoehdale,
Bged fliitj, SBja, that "John Purslowo (Pashsw) w" wna lolely Abbat of Whalloj,
WI19 hia Uaelo, ami y' liee hath eeao y° Bcntall of y* Eater Roolo of Rachdall." In
the jeat 1S49, in the ganiii etlit, John Wolatmholmo of Wolstenholmo Oent. depoacd
that, " Hugh Wolatenhobnc, and ThomsB, hu son, hsul a leaso of the Tethe Come of
Bu-'bdalL' from John Ponleir, lat« Abbat of Whulley, nnd the CoDTcnt of the anaff,
and this he certcnljo knoweth bj ruason he waa a laborer and antot to the »«yd
Abbftt ind Convent for the aarac, and that they declared to Ihie deponent y* it wae
\\a»t their hands, and grantM to the said Hugh and Thomna." In the year 1654
John Wohttenbolmo Qent. held his capital mesiage called Wolstenholme Hall,
of Sir Henry Bavile Ent. iu &ce aoccage, paying 3a. a year. Hia deacendonta,
Franei* Wolstenholme Qcnt. and John, hia son and heir apparent, aohl their pntri-
monial Estate, in tho year 1623, to WiUiam Bamford of Bamford Oont. for £2W;
and Esther, eolu child of John Wulsteuholme, the co-Tenilor, by his wife, June,

daughter of Tctlow of Oldham Qent. conyeyed the remnant of the property in

marriage, to Arthur, son and heir of Francia Kay of Bt^dlum Ocnt. and died on the
ISth of August 1668, leaving iseue. The house appeara to have been roboilt about
I he lime of Clinrlea I. sod i» ocollpied by n fnrroer. ^ itnin. MSS.

i» On the IBtb of Jnne in the Ist Edward VI. the Eiecutors of Henry VUl. in
elocution of the King'a Will, and "for diaoharge of his Graco'a oonacienCB," per-
fwlcd un ugrcoment of exchange entered into by the Xing and Archbishop Cranmur,
nod conveyed to the latter, ajid hia aueeessora, not " as a matter of Royal Bounty,"
but for an equivalent, amongst other hereditaments, the Bnctories and AdvoKsoiu
of Whidl<7', Blaekbom, and Bochdale, and the ChapsU of Saddleworth nnd But-
t^M^orth, and other Chapels, to the Monaitary of Whalley, then lately bclongiog,
and leased hy the King ou the 20th of May 1636, to Henry ParkeT, one of the Pagm
of his Mnjeaty'a Chamber, for taenCy-ane years. On the 20tb of Docember 1G47, Aruh-
bishop Cranmer, at the King's epeeiol desLre, demised the reversion of this lease to
Thomaa Streto Qent. Oroom of hb Majeaty's Chamber, for twenty-one years, tlw
Archbishop allowing Stretc £12 a year for the ponaion of tlic Vicar of fiochdalc, and
£10 for the stipend of the Curates of Saddleworth and Bull^ntorth, aaneied to the
said Churoh of Rochdale, " in aueh marnior as had theretofore been allowed for the
same ;" the leasee, at hia own cost, to cause the Curea of the Church and two Chapels
to bo duly aorvoil, and to maintain the Chancels of the Church and Chapcla. On the
27th of May in the 4th Edward VI. the Archbishop leased the reveraion of the
Tithes of R«ohdale to Sir John Byron of Newstesd Knt. (the Patronage of the
Vicarage of Rochdale eiocpled,) for twenty-one yean, eubjeet to the ehargea aforesaid.
On the lat of January b the 7th Eliiabelh, Archbishop Parker charged the Tithes
with £17 a year, in perpetuity, for the Master and Vsbet of the Qrammai' School of

IS-ff5.1EB(93ft®a®».i Tbc Abbot i_

and Conv.[ent] of Wlialley, by In- ^'"Jj^'"

Boubdalo, of his faondatioD. On the 11th of December 1590, Archbishop Wbitgift
rcmewed tiic lease Ui 8ii John Byron, eon of the Ute leuee, sutrject to £15 a year to
the Muter of the Oramnur School of BoehcUle, and £2 s y cnr to
comuleistioTi of being diacharged of the Cure* of the Parifih Church of Bochdolc,
and tho Chapels uf SadiUeworth and Butterwortli, he couscDted that tbc Bcptorv
thonld be charged with £S ■ year to the Vicar, in addition to £6. ISs. 4d. then
pail!, with £6 a year in addition to £8 then poid to the Curate of Saddleworth, and
with £2 a jear in addition to £1. 69. 8d. then paid to the Curate of Butter-
worth 1 and he permitted the Vicar, and hi» aaccesaors, to have the herbage of the
Church-yard of Rochdale, and the two Curates, and thuir sueceisor*, to have the
herbage of their Chapol-jards. There is ■ oorenant that whon the stipend of the
Schoolmaster and Usher shall be charged on the Rectoiy of Blackburn, the k-ssee of
Bochdale shall pay auuually to the Vienr auJ his aaeceseara £10, to tlie Curate of
Saddleworth £4, and to the Curate of Buttorworth £3 per annum. On Ihc renewal
of B lease, in the year 1342, Archbishop L«ud stipulated with Lady Byron tliat all
Churofa duties arising from marriages, christenings, and burials, should be received by
the Vicar of Hochdale, for the time being, for hia further inrroasB
Vicarage not realising more than £120 ]>er annum. The Byrons relinquished their
interest in tho Boctorial Xithce in the yoar 1765, and in the year 1814, they were sold
to the Freeholders, under the 4Tth George III, ; aud the produce was not invested for
the bencHt of the Vicarage of Eochdalc, u atnted l)y Bainea, (toL ii. p. 685,) but
expended, amongst other usefid purposes, in rebailding Addington Houses a scat of
tho Archbishops of Canterbury. Tho purchaser of "Lot £7" became cnlillcd, accord-
ing to the conditions of sale, to all the privQegca attached to the Chancel of Rochdale
Church, and tlua lot being eonveyed to Thoiuaa Ferraud Eaq. ho became the Lay Im-
propriator. At his death he was succeeded in this office by his nephew, James Dearden
Esq. the present Mnncrial Ixird. — Zone. MSS. vol. v. p. 206 ; and ToL xiv. p. 454.

In the yean lBlG-7, a Urge and handsome Qrommar School, on a new site, was
erected; and the Torious steps laken by Archbishop Parker, in the foundation of his
School between the years 1561 and 1578, arc recorded in the " Memorials of Roohdalo
Qrammar School," published by the Editor in the year 1 S45.

■I Charles Holland of Ratchdalo, yeoman, by Will dated Ihe 9th of March 1
■ays, " I give lo tho Poor of the town of Bachdale, £10 ; which shall be put forth to
use by my Execnlor until it doth omouuta to such a sum of money as will extend to
buy and purchaa Land of the annual rent of xx', and then to be bestowed by my Exe-
cutor to purchase the same, and the rent of the said land shall rerasine toward* the
mHntemmec of tho Poor of the said town ofRBehdalo for evermore." He appoinled
Edward Atkinson of Bumedge his Executor, who prored Iho Wdl at Chestw, on Iho
8d of October 1680. The charity is lost-

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dent. [lire dated] an. [no] 1477, (now in y handsof aGent.[leinau]^
of this Chappclrv,) Granted to [the] Inhab. [itants] of Butter worth
and Hundersfield, in [the] Par.[iBh] of Rachdalc, leave to have
certain Masses said in a Chap, [el] newly built in y* town of Him-

' Dodii^Bted to Ihe Hol^ Trioitj, {and not to St. James, Ecton's Tiet.) Value in
1834, £190. BagiBtBra begin in 1768.

Littleborough it situated in the Townaliip of HundenCold. In the 13th Ifeniy TI.
John Hult is found hj hii jurors to have held his lands in Hoaorsfpld, Spatbind, Hnd
Buttorworth, of John, Duke of Lancnster, hy Knight'* service, but thi're ia no men-
tioD o{ buy subinfmidntorj Manor. In tho time of Henry Till. Bobfrt Uolt of
Stub1<7 Esq. is staled to hold the Manor of Hunderafelil of the King, in capile; and
in the post mortum inquisition of Kobert Holt Esq. in tho 1st and 2d Philip Rud
Marf, he is said to hold the Manors of Hundcrafeld, Spotland, and Caallelon, of tho
King and Queen, ss of the Duch; of Lancaster, in capilc, b; military service.
Robert Holt Esq. in the 3d Elizabeth, is found by the jurors to hare held the Manors
of Ennderafleld, Spotland, and Caatleton, by the same tenure, and the fortieth part of
a Knight's fee. In tho 36lh Eliinboth, Chartea Ilolte Esq. is alao found to have held
the same Manors by tbe same tenure. In (ho 20th Jac there is no acoount of tho
Manors in the inquisition of John Holte Esq. who had saccceded to his fither'a
Estales ; and in the time of CharlBs 11. it was found that these aubordinalc Manom
eicreised no rights vhaterer, but were dependent on the Manor of Roehilale.

' The Lieenso has been carefully preserved by the famllir of the gentleman referred
to in Ihe text, but tho date there assigned to it is wrong. It is dated in "llic Chapter
House of Whallcy, ou the Feast of St. Chad the Bishop, anno domini I'LTl," five
jears earlier than the date assigned to it by Dr. WMtaker, who bad not seen tho
original document, and six years earlier than by the writer in tbe text, who boil seen it.
The Abbot Mid Oonvent grant to the Inhabitants of tho villa of Boterworth and
llonorefeld within tho Parish of Itochdote, that Ihey shall have in their Chapel within
Ilonorsfeld, "bonoriflci constmcta et novitia cdiHonta" prirato massos celebrated by
a proper Chaplain to be lioenaed by the Bishop, so that no injury is done thereby to
the Mother Church. The Chaplain ta to pay two tenths of Ihe oblations and all
other duns to the Mother Ohnroh. Tho Abbot and Convent, and also the Vioar of
Rochdale, are perpetually cioncrated from the harden of exhibition, institution, or
finding (inventionem) of such Chaplain, or any other burden. And if it should hap-
pen that the iohobilonts, the Chnpel being without a Minister, should withhold, con-
ceal, or diminish any tithes, oblations, or obventiona duo to the aoid I'arish Church
of Rochdale, the license is to cease, and the Chapel to fall under an interdict and sus-
pension, and so to continue until otherwise decreed by the Abbot. The common seal
of the Abbey was alQiod by the Abbot and Convent.— Xaac, MSS. vol. ir. JHie
JToute Eeid.

Tlic ncit notice which T find of this Chapel is in tho Will of OeolTrvy Buckley,
Rettor of St. Albau's, in Wood Strwl, London, dat(Ki the 28th of June 1477, who

Oranrrn of jtlatuitcstn'.

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dersficld, by any tit Curate having [the] Bp'a leave, soe y' saying
these masses doe not tend to hurt y Mother Ch:[urch] in any
wise.

In [the] reign of Edw, 6 this Chap, [el] was sold by one of the

gifM "imum TfstoinFtitum Capullc do Litrlbui^li, ct CiipcUc de Sitdelwortli diion
pannoi, ei Eerlio do RBcipdiUc il'." ProTcd on the 23d Jul; 1477. D".

Williun NewHll of the Lower Tonn Uoiue Gent, mmtjons in his Will dnted
the 17tli of SeptembiT 1550, Sir Robert I'uraogh, Priest, bi-bg > witness, lliftt hv
"ogha" (awe«) "to tiio Ki-ffl" (Kmtm) "of j* lytlebrogh Cliapel tiii'." And Laurence
Mewall of the BJimo plaeo, Gent. byWiU dsteii tlic 2d of April 1B57, girea his body to
be buried in the Church of Rachdnle, and "bequetbs to y' byeing of n Cbslii ur Teat-
ment to j" Ijtlebrogh Chapel iii' ir' ■" and he mention! that he owes to the Cb^>el
riti*, and "in wages, xii''."

On the DiasalutioD of Cbsntries in the year 1547, this Ciupel was apparontl; ei-
empted from the eonunon doom ; but only a short respite awail«l it. Bj Indenture
dated April 6th IG63, the ;ear in which King Ednard died, lildniund TruSbnl Esq.
and Francis Bold Qont. hia Msjesty's Commissiouen, seized and took into (heir
possession, for the King's use, the Chapel of Littlebrough, and one bell tbcre, and
delirered the same to Edward Parker Sent, (see p. 130, Note 16,) who sotil tbcoi fur
the King's lue, for 40s. to Robert Uolt of Stuble; the jomigcr, Gent. Thomaa Hill.
Edmund Kershaw, Richard LightoUcrs, Thomas Shore, Laurence Ncwall, and all the
inhabitants helooging thereto, to the intent that Divine Service might bo there ad-
ministered for the ease of the uiuntry, being far diatant from the Parish Chorch.

In the jear 1556, Mr. Holt of Stabler, Mr. BcUbld, and others, spproprinled the
Forms and "^pojnteJ that thcj shall remajn over to the howses and grownd here
written, paying the Duty and Wages to the enyd ChappeL And efer u thi- old men
and women die, the younger to enjoj the ssyd places and forms." This latter decision
appear* to have been distosleful to aonic of the " boys and youth of the said Cb«p-
pellry w' were SohoUers j" and in th.< yesr 1628, Mr. James Halliwoll, junr. of Pyke
House, was cited to appear before the Worshipful Thomas StaRbrd h.h.B. at Ches-
ter, at the suit of Robert Holt of Btubloy Esq. and Thomas Shore Gent, for Betting
ap a bench or stall, sii or seien jears before, in the South Chancell, " for youth and
eldest sons" vho, before the said erection, did kneel and stand in time of Diriue Ser-
nee in the allies at the ends of tbc forms or stalls. This encroachmuut was alleged
to be to the disturbance of the Platntimi and other owners of the said Chancel,
whose ancestors, for fifty years past, and upwarde, had enjoyed the same. It was
pTored in eridencc, that about ton or eleven years before, when a motion bad been
made to set up B bench in the South Chancel, for some of the eldest sons of the said
inhabitants, Hr. John Hatliwell, grandfather of the said James, withstood the same,
unleas his son should be allowed a scat there, and eonsoquonllj the prociwdiiigs Were
■Inyed. It was also deposed that the aiieealors of the said Halliwell lud n stall in
the Chanoel, and that Hr. James Halliwell, &thcr of the said Defeadaiit, " doth pay

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K[mg]'a CommisB" into whose hauds it came for 40« to y" Iiihab.
[itauts] of y Chappelry and y heirs for ever, to solemnize Div.
[ine] Service therein. Not long after iv^i" ('tis believed in [the]
beg. [inning] of Q.[ueen] Mary's R,[eign]) some of y' chief Inhab.
[itants] were empowered to make seats and appoint y^ Inhab.[it-
anta] their places in y™, upon y'' agreeing to pay Iff p.[er] an.
[num] to y* maint.[enanee] of y= Min:[i8ter] in proportion to yf
Seats and Estates, w* has continued ever since. Certif. [led] an.
[no] 1717.

in nil Lene and CeemeaU townrda the Cural^i'a Wages, and Hcpunicoiia, and olbcr
Deceaasrii^s, Ba mui^h na luaj of the said PlniiitilTs, snd mom than some of tlit-m,"
Bishop Bridgeman ordered the bench iu dispute to be ramoTed, aod "the fluur in
the aialu of the South Cbappell, on part wbereof the said bench is sett upp, to be
fl»ggwl, llppon j' gen" charge of the Inhabitaots of the said Chuppellry lU a rvyd
place, aod a Laj preseotl; to be laid for tbat purpose." Ur. HalliwcU ntmoTed
his enit into the Court of York, npparentlj with no better success, aa Dr. WillJani
Eaadalo, Vicar General of Samuel, Lord Archbishop of York, prouoauced for the
Defendanta. on tlie lOlh of March 1629-30.— Zobo. MSB. *oL iv. Fiti Bome Spid.

In the Farluunentarf Inquisition in the yvai 1650, it is stated that Ur. Thonuui
Bradshaw had his maintenance oat of the Tithes of the Chapehy, which latter ought
to be made an independent Farisb. Iu another Inquisition, token at Rochdale, on
the IBth of January 165B, there ii a ver; full and ilistiuct account of the Ecclesiastical
state of the Pariah. The bonndarioe of this Chapelrj arc accurately defined ; and it is
rccomaiunded that they should constitute the limits ofanow Pariah; and that the Tithes
within the Chapelry, amountiug to £64. I8s. ought to be allotted to the said new Parish,
which would comprise tn-o hundred and sercnty-two families. It is also stated that
the inhabitants bad Tohintsrily contributed to the support of their Uinister; but
that they were at that time without any Service, haying no settled Minialsr owing to
the want of an Endowment. The Chapel was well built and in good repair, sufficiently
large for the popolatioo, and adjoining to it was a largo Chapel-yard wherein the
inhabitants were occUBtomed to bury tbcir dead.— itme. MS8. vol. ii. p. 10-

"The Chapel Wage" paid in proportion to the "Bstales and Seats" of the inhabi-
tants, appears to have originated in the Act of the 2Sd Henry VI. c. 9, "for regulating
the Wogca of Chaplains." Mr. Hunter nays " the free gifts were sometimes changed
into aascaamentB on the persons who attended (the Chapels,) which the Bustles of
Lancashire, in their homely phrase, were wont to coll Chapel Wages." — Life ttf Oliver
Heyieood, p. 423. There was at least antiquity for the phrase; nor was it confined
merely to the Lancashire Rustics, "The Chapel wage" is still paid at Little-
borough.

In the year 1747, a subscription wo* made to meet a grant from Ihc Oovemors of
(Jneen Anno'a Bounty, for the aogmenlation of this Curacy ; and, from a list of about

Sranrrp of manrijcaier.

Certif . [ietl] Itf p.[er] an. [num, which is] paid hy y° Iiihab,[it-
ants] in proportion to y' Estates and Seats, there being 93 Fam.[i-
lies] W^ contribute towards that sum.

three hundred nunoe, the foUowing are aelevted as the principal bcnebctors, and are
printed here to prove to l^cir dewcndaots that such good work* aud abns-docda ue
not forgotlcn ctoq in this world : —

Hr». Shore BO

John Halliwcll Esq. Pike

House ,, 30

HiUDphrej Chetham Esq.

Caitleton HaU 10

Mrs. ChBtham, widow 5 O O

Jamea Chatham Esq. Smodlej 110
Sir Balph Asheton Bart. Uid-

dleton 1 1

Mr. I-auTPnco Nownll, Town

House , 6 5

Mrs. Juie Newull, widow ... 1 I
BsT. Dr. Samuel Bunatcr,

Ticar of Bochdale EGO

Ur. John Stott, Bent Hotuo 5 5

Hr. Jas. Clegg, of Deanhcad 4 4

Mr. Thomw Shore, of Shore 4 4

Mr. Chas. Stott, Beat House 4 4

Mrs. Butlerworth, Oukcnrod 8 3
Bobvrt Entwislo Esq. Foi-

holea 3 3

Mrs. DoUf Entwisb, spinster 10 6

Mr. SamuDl Stewl, Eochdale 3 3

Mrs. Stock, Roctidalo 110

Mrs. Hordmsn, widow, Roch-
dale and Allfrton 10 6

Mrs. Leech, SpotLand Bridge 8 3

Mr. John DavBon 10 6

Bobert Mills, Liltlobro' 4 4

Maiy Bawford, Higher Shore

Thomas Rojdea

Mr. Simon Dcarden, ]

dale, Attorney 10 6

Mr. Tstmc Smith, Starring .. 8 8

Bichd. Townlc; Esq. BdHeld 110

Mrs. Mary Gibson .. 3 8

Bobert Butterworth 3 3

Mr. Thoa. Fommd. Eoohdile 10 6

Mr. Thos. Whitaker, Holnm 10 6

Mr. Nmtall, Bury 10 6

Mr. James Starky 110

Mr. Marm. Vavasour 10 6

Mr. Andrew Holdoa 6

Mr. Jonathan Fildes 6

Mr, John Fild™, junr. 3

Mr. Chas. Smith, E

Mr. Roger Sodgwiok 4 4

James Dawson, senr 6

James Dawson, junr. 10 6

Mr. NieholasShuttleworth... 6

Mr. Charles Uamer 2 2

JoracalYoris 1 10

Sarah Boydes, spinster 1

John Backloj 10

Robert Butlerworth, Hey ... 8 8

Mr. WiUiam Byrom, Bonds 10 6

Mr. Thomas Lord, Bochdale G 6

Mr. Bicburd Nutter, Rochdale 3 B

John Smith, Sporth 6

Mrs. Birt-b 6

b

An Estate called "Bardsley's Tenement," new Shaw in Crompton, was piireha«ed, on
the 6th of July 1749, for £600, of "the Messrs. Clegg, and their Trustees," the an-
nual rent then being £24, In the year Itt44, the same farm wsa let for £1IS per an-
num. The Surplice dues formerly paid to the Vicars of Rochdale have been abolished,
here and throughont the Parish, by the Bei. Dr. Molesworth, the present Ticar.

136 jHotitta Ctstricnaifl.

Tlie circumf. [erence] of this Chap.[c!ry] is about 7 m.files.]

[The chapel is] 4^ iii.[ilea] from Rachdale, and 2i m.[Ue8] from
Milnrow, the next Chap, [el.]

The Curate Baptizes here, but transmits j* names of y* Persons
Baptized to y^ Par.[ish] Reg.[ister,] and payea all Surp.[liec] dues
to y Vicai*.

Part of [the] Towtisp of ^Middle IlundersScld and part of But-
terworth arc v^Kn this Chappebr.

One Warden.
{. Stubley Hall,^ Cleggswood,* Town Houae,^ Pyke House.^

3 Smblcj wBB held bj Nicholas de Stublty in the jciic 1322, who waa supccodcd by
Joliti de Stuble; living in the ycur 1332, 6 Edw. Ill, In the unme n?ign ocrim
John del Holt, whose dewCTidiuit, Christopher Holt, wa« of Stubley, in the year 1181,
The house was rebuilt, of stone, by Robert Holte Esq. in the peign of Ucniy VIII.
nod BbBodoned by Robert Holte Esq. before thi- ypnr 1626, for Csslleton. On Ihu
death of James Holtfl Esq. in the year 1713, the family eipired in the male line, and
tbu EntiilM pnsfted amongst his four daughters and eolieirosspB. Stubley contained a
domestic Chapel. The windows were well filled with pnin(«i ghiss, nnd the earred
oak vfM rich and beautiful.

' Clcggswood was the residence of Thomas Bolfeld Clent, in the 36lh Henry VIII.
whose son, Tliomas Bolfeld Oen(. died in the year 15S6, leaving a son, John, who
married Margaret, daughter of Robert Hoite of Ashworth Esq. and his wife, Joanna,
daughter of Mr. Robert Langley, Dying in the year 1602, ho was socceeded
by his son, Abraham Belfcld Ount. who married on the SBth of September, 1600,
Deborah, daughter of Robert Badeliffo Gent, and Ids wife, Katherine, siiler of the
KuT. Edward Assheton M.A. Rector of Middleton. On his death in the yew
1614, his son nod heir, John Belfietd, wss a minor, and in ward lo John Holto of
8tabh-y Esq. who sent him to Emanuel CoUege, Camhridgc. This son marrinl on the
4th of November 1616, Eliiabtith, daughter of William Barcroft of Bareroft Esq.
and by his Will dated the ISth of January 1631, proved at Chester on the lOlh of
May 1632, be appointed his widow (who married in December 1636, John, son and
heir of James Halliwell of Fiku House Oent.) the guardian of his son, Thomas, who,
by bis wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Parker of Eitwiile Esq. left n daughter,
the heiress of ber only brother, John. She married before the year 1662, Riehard
Ingham Gent, by wbom she had several children ; one of whom, Jane Inghatn, even-
tually heiress general of Iho fanillj, married at Littleborough, tn the year 1667, John
Dearden Ocnt. of Handle Halli and, in her widonhooil, she married Jordan, third
son of John Chadwiek of Henley Hall Esq. By her first husband she left a son,
the direct ancestor of James Dcnrden of Rochdale, Barrisler at Law.

' Town House was the seat of Michael, son of William de la Ton, ai early aa the
7th Henry HI. and had passed to John de Kyrkshngh before the year 1281, 9th

{UtAtirru of jnandietttcr.

137

k

XMS etc is a Scliool, built on a piece of ground 33 yards long, ^git Koiutt
nW The School is U yards long and 6 or 7 broad, w"' 2 Cham- *'*'«''•
bers over it for y* Master, who has 5' p.[er] an[nuni] given by
Mr. Theoph. Halliwell' out of his lands at Sowrby, Yorks. [hire,]
paid by 5 Trustees. V.[ide] Copy of \f lUil. Pap. Reg.

[The] Master [is] nom. [inated] by y^ Heirs of Halliwell {of
Pyke House). 10 Childien [are] taught gratis, elected by 3
Feoffees.

Edwiml I. vrhose 9on, U>tthew lie Kjrk?luf[h, liTing in that jear, granted huuia in
BonorBfeld (tailed Loaglorheje, lo liis son, Adam, in tUo year 133D, 13th Edward m.
He married Margery, daughter of WilliaiD de Lihtolrv*, b; whom he hod three lona,
Heniy, Thomaa, and Adam,

Heorj de Kjrkshagh, eon of Matthew, had a release from Marg^rj, hin niatiier, in
the jear 1340, and had a son, GeoUre;, living in the ^ear 1370, 44th Edward III. ud
■ettled hin landn in Honorsfeld, Butterworth, and CWtleton, on John Fjtheler, Vicar
of Raohdale, his Tnntee, in the year 1390, 11th Richard II. He wb» auceeeded by
faia soil, John de Kj'rkeahagh of Townhouiies, who married Margaret, daughter of
Thomas le Hajward, and was living in Che yean 1390 and 1424. Their ton
and heir, Christopher Ejrlcshaw of Townhoiines, and hia wife, Margaret, were of
the Order of Trinitarians belonging to (he &al«rnity of the Hospital of the H0I7
Trinitj and St. Thomaathe Martyr, at Rome; and had an Indulgence granted to them
for Absolution of all their Sins, by Peter de Monto, Nuncio of Pope Eugenius IT.
dated at Manchester, in the 16th Henry VI. 143U. And aleo another Indulgence by
Pope Pius 11. dated at London, b the Slat Henry 'Vl. 1452. He died about the
year 1478, leaving two daughtera his cohoirwiOa, Isabella and Eleanors. The lattor
married Jordan Chadwiek, ancestor of Hugo M. Chadwiek of Helcy and Malveysin
Sidware Esq. ; and the former married WiUiam, son and heir of Laurence NowaJl
Oent, on the Sth of July in the 31st Henry VI. and conveyed to him the ancient
mansion of Town House, which descended to hia lineal male representfltive, Laureacc
Newall Esq. who died there May 6th 1838, learing by bi» second wife, Martha,
daughter of William Blockett Haigh Oent. (only sou of the Rer. Joseph Haigh B.A.)
and his wife, Mary, sister of BobeK Beswieko of Pike House Esq. two daughter! and
ooheiresBea, now living, as appears by cegiaterod descent. — Korfott, TJii. CoU. Arm.
Srmff. Moff. June 1844.

Town House was rebuilt in the year 1604, and again in the year 1798, and is
■ large and handsome bouse.

' Dr. Wbitaker obserroB {Hiaiory of Whalleg, p. 5-tB, Addenda,) "To the old (ami-
lie* in this Parish (Rochdale) which have not been adverted to, and are now oitinot,
some remembrance is due. These wero— the Halliwella of Pike House." Pike
House was purchased, with other considerable Estates, on the 24th of October in the
4th Eliiabeth, (1661,) Irom Edward, Earl of Derby K.O. by John HolIiweU of
VOL. II.] r

138

ilottiui C'rattirnsis.

Mr. Rich: Halliwell^ (Brother to Theoph.) gave G' p.[cr] an.[uura
being a] Rent charge on Lands in Walsden for y« Master to teiwrli
poor Children in j" neighbourhood to read and write, to be ap-
pointed by his Trustees ; and he gave [tlie] Nom. [ination] of
[the] Master to John Halliwell Esq. his nephew, and liia lieirs for
ever.

V.[ide] Nom. [ination] hy Mr. Halliwell aa.[no] 1705. Pap.
Reg.

Sal»ca Oenl. dee(«iided, according Cu a verjr perfect collection of cTJdencea still
remaining, from John, eon of NiphoUa del Ilelwal, to whoni William, son of John de
Stainland, gave lands in Middle Thomlee in Stuntand, in the Parish of Halifiu, on
the Sebbath ncil after the Feast of St, Banmbiw the Apostle, in tlie 17th Edward in.
(1313,) itud nhoic Bon, Richard del HclUiioll, lenior, and Matilda, his vifu, had other
lands from William de Preetejej, and Annabella, bis wife, in Stainland, bj Deed dated
Sundaj nrat at^CT the PuriBcation of tbe Bbsscd Virgin Marj, in Iho Bth Richard II.
(1987.) Pike Houae was rebuilt in the year 1609, b; the grandioD of the purchaaer ;
and the entranee hall, fortj feet bj thirtj-eighl, the wide oak etiurcage nilh double
twiet«d rails, and (until recentlj) the mautel-trec and open Bie place, are good apeci-
mens of the etjle then prerolent. The house was modernized in the jear 1T03. On
the death of John Halliwell Esq. in the jear 1771, tlio Eatato became Tested in Robert
Beawicke Esq. in right of his grandmother, Mary Halliwell, (sister of the lost owner,)
who hod married, on the 6th of July 1720, Robert Beswieke of Manchcslor Esq.
grandeoD and heir of the Rev. Cliorlcs Beswieke M.A. Rector of SadclifTe. The
direct mole line foiled in the year 1842, on the death of John Halliwell Beswieke
Esq. only BOD of Major John Beswieke, a Deputy Lieutenant and Justiee of the Feooe
for the county of Lancaster, who died on the 28th of Koverober 1831. The Estate is
now TCSlPd in Truatas. — Zone. lUSS. Pite Houu Evid.

' Tbeophilus, eighth and youngest sou of James Halliwell of Pike House Esq. was
baptised at Rochdale on (be 22d of Septomber 1633, educated at Oxford, and called
to the Bar by the Hououmble Society of Oraj'a Inn, on the 4th of NoTcmber 1604.
He married Anne, daughter and coheiress of Alexander Kershaw of Higher Town
House Gent, on the 9th of November 1676. His Will is dated the 6th of September
1688, and be was buried " in the Middle Allejo of Rochdale Church, near the Pulpit
stops, where bia ancestors were accustomed to bury," April 3d 1689. He devised to
Trustees, an Batate colled Crowelsbawe, in 9owerby, near HoUbx, and a fee (arm
rent of 20i. " to the ploaaure of Almighty Ood," and for the use of a Schoolmaster at
Littteborough. His rehct married (Slst of August 1690,) Michael Buckley Esq.
M.D. son of Thomas Buckley of Buckley Esq. ; and being a second time a widow, she
married Samuel Birch of Underwood near Rochdole Oent. ; but died without having
hod issue.

■ Richard HoUiweU woa the third a.

I of Jail

I Halliwell of Pike Houie, aod

p

Oraiim) of JHaiitlirfttr)'.

^^ IlKUfflaei.' Certif.[ied] 13i- 13-
^ESi 06'', viz. 3> ■ 6« ■ gJ piud by [the] Im
prop, [riator ;] 8' - 18* ■ &' out of y" Seats ; and 1' ■ 8' • 4^ from a Loft "
or Gallery.

No Surp.pice] fees; and [the] cxjutrib, [utions] are amall,
Upoii agreem' and Joint consent of y" Inhab. [itanta] of j" sev.
[eral] Chappelryes in this Par. [ish,] there was an old Wage [so it

baplised at Rochdale, on the 23d of Julj 1617. He wag a Captain, probably
fur the Parliunent, during the Citil Ware, Ue endowed thia School, b; Will datvd
Ihu 18th of Dorember 1699; and desired burial "amongat hia ancestors in Bochdale
Church." Ho na« there iDterred June 18th 1700, aged eight; -three, having died un-
married. He gaTe, by Will, £6 a joar, charged on lands in Wabdcn, for the me of
the Matter of the School lately built by him at Liltleborough.

' Dedicated to St. James. Value in 1834, £137. Rogistcra begin in 1718.
MilnroiT ia the principal bamlot in the Township of Butterwortb, and although the
latter was eometimee etyled a Manor, no rights appear to have been eierdaed.
QeoSrey, son of Thomas dc Bot«^ortb, grantud about the year 1270, to Sir John de
Buron, and Dame Johan, his wife, and their bpirs, all the lands which he bad by in-
heritance from Thomas his &lhcr, and Henry de Bot«rworlh, his grandfatbcr, and all
the lands which he held of the said Sir John pertaining to the Lordship, in ho:
aenicOB, rente, escheats, wards, reliefs, ini'losuree, and commons, without any n
tion exinipt the payment of a race of ginger to him, and hia beirs, yearly, at the Feast
of St. Martin, fur all secular services and demands. This race of ginger was m
payabh! by Bobert Butterworth of Holgb, on the 8th of Man;h in the 6th Jac. to
irhom Sir John Byron sold lands eubjuct to this charge i but the right heir was
not then known. The hnds ou the freehold side of the Township claimed exemp-
tion Cram chief rents in the year 1626, by virtue of this Deed, although the Byrone
then claimed the Manor in right of Joan, daogbter of Sir Baldwin de Tjaa, and the
relict of Sir Robert de Holland, Secretsry to Thomas, Karl of Lancaster, who n
ried Bir John de Byron before the 20th Edward I. On the 28th of Juno 1308,
Edward II. granted to Sir Richard, grandson of Sir John do Byron and the Lady
Joan, Free Warren iu all bis Unds of Butterworth, Clayton, and Royton : and
these are styled Manors in the post morl«m inquisition of Richard Byron, Cheva-
Ker, io the aist Richard II. i.B. 1897 i and in the 14th Henry VTI. 149S, Nicholas
Byron Esq. claimed &ee service of the Manor Court of BocbdaJe, and the office
of Bailiff of the King's said Manor of Bochdale, and produced a Charier of John,
Earl of Lincoln, cooferring these privileges on an ancestor of him, the said
Nicholas. The greater part of the property of the Byruns, in this Tovnuhip, was
sold in the yeat 1606 by Sir John Byron, father of the 6nl Baron Byron ; aad the

140 ^otitia fftotricnflw.

is termed] laid upon y* 8ev.[eral] Seats and Estates, (as now at
Littleborough,) vh. Todmordeu, 20' per annum ; Wliitworth, 20' ;
this Chap, [el] 9', aa Certif.[ied] by four of y= Curates, [viz. Mr.
Welsh of Todmorden, Mr. Hanson of Whitworth, Mr. Asheton of
Milurow, and Mr. Thoniley of Littleborough,] an. [no] 1717, V^
they undertook to prove by shewing y' w°ever the Min.'» Wages
were to be Augmented or y* Chap.[elJ to be repaired, the Rule to
goe by in y" Assessment was the Old Waoe, not y" King's Tax,
nor [the] Poor-Lay.

Buttorworths, descreiiiled from Rii^hard, sun of Bogcr, nod grsii<tei)Q uf Riclurd de
Butterworth, jounger brother of Henry dc Butterwortb, liTing about the liiuB of
King Jnhn, again bcrBme the chief tinTitorial Dnners. Such tliej coatiuucd untiJ
the death of Alaisndor But[«nrorth of Belfletd Esq. in the jear 1728.

Tbcre was n tradition, about the j«r 1720, that a wooden Chipel stood in the
field near Bulttrworth HnU, atill called "the Chapel Yard," and adjoining the. " Cha-
pel Meadow," (both ao called in the jear 1 E>98, whm a sdikII paj^nent vae demanded fur
them i»lled "St. John of Jenualem rent,") before the aniiient Chapel of MJInrow w»»
built. On the 20lh of March in tbe 12lh Henry VII. (1496,) Edward Butterwortb
of Butterwortb aenr. Gent, conveyed to Robert Butterwortb, bis son, Edward, son of
Ewan Butterwortb, and John Cleggc, Chsplab, to the luea of hi« A^'Ul, a plot of
land onUed the " Goaeholmo," being parcel of the Belgreue, Ijing in the hamlet of But-
lerwort h, the witneaaes being Raphe Belficld, Gilbert Bukley, Bernard Belficid, Tbonuu
Hill, and Henrj Mjine. Thia was the site of Milurow Chapel ; and shortly after tho
date of tbe eonfej-ance, the Chapel was built. — Lane. 3ISS. Tol. it.

In an account of the Tenths snd Sub>idies paid bjthe Religious Uouaes and Liring*
in the Diocese of Cheater, in the year 1635, under Rochdale, occurs " Dnus Henricus
Ferror, conduct' per Robert' Butterwortb Gen. de Belfelii p' Milnroi" from which it
might aeom thai the Miniater had been engaged to offleiatu by Mr. Butterwortb of
Belfielil "Sir Henr)' Ferror, Preato," ia also a legatee in the Will of Arthur ScolTcld
of Scolfcld Gent, dated the 23d of August 1567.

In tbe year 1547 the C^bantriea were dissolved ^ and although Milnrow does not
occur in aay catoJogue known to be in eusteuco, according to the result of an eit«ii-
aive eiamination by the Ute John Caley Esq. F.B.A- yet in the year 1565, Edmund
Asaheton of Cbadderlon Eaq. and Laurence Buckley of WhitGcId Hall in Crompton
Gcul. the Quven'a lessees for a term of years, prosecuted in the I>uchy Court, Sir
John Byron, and others, elaiming by purchase on tbe Diasolution of Cluuitries, for
holding lands and hereditamenta, "and a Cbapol called Millrowe Ohapel, la(« belonging
to the Dissolred Chantry of Butterwortb." And at the same time and plaoc, Sir John
Byron instituted proceedings against Cuthbert Seol&ld of Scolfeld Gent, and Reynard
Heh;y, who claimed to hold, in right of the Queen's lease to Asshclon and Buckley,
the land whereon the Chapel stood, known by tbe name of "Goseholme," and alio a

Braiirrn of iHlanrficatrr.

1-H

Q.[uery]? Deed iii H.[enry] &■>•['&] time, in [the] haada of
Mr. Hallows, upon w'*" [the] Inhnb. [itants] founded y' Right to
Nom. [iuate] a Curate.

2 Wardens, [and] 1 Aasiat. [ant,] chosen by [the] Curate and
Vestry.

It is scituated iii y" TownsP of Butterworth, aud [is] 2 m.[Ues] (CotDii*. 1.
&om Rachdale, and 2^ miles &oni [tbc] next Chap, [els,] Idttle-
borough aud Shaw.

The Township is divided into 2 districts, viz. the Freehold, and
Lordship- side.

right to a wbj tUrougli lunda leading to Millrano Chiipel, upou tlie Wants of Butter-
worth. The BjToiis BubBtantiated Iheir tille, and aiWwardi aolil the Undi and teno-
mcnts belotigiiig to the Chantry, whirh aeems to haTe been umpl; uodoired. It
appcan, however, that iu the 'Jth Jnu. Moms and Philippe, the well'lmoivii grantees
of Church Entalea, bad lands conTeyetl to ihem, appertaining "to (he lute Chanlrj
in the Chapel of Milnrow in the countj of Lancaster," and discoTered to have betin
concealed from the Crown. — Pleadiai/it in lie Dochy Court of Laacatler, Lane.
MSa. Tol. It.

It is unluiotm on whnt ground (he inhabiiantB founded their claim to DominBte
the Incumbent, as mentioned in the text. The Chapel was not a Donative, at on the
18th of September 1627, Robert Hill of Milnrow, Clcck, was suspended by Bishop
firidgenuD, for not appearing to a Citation ; (md, on the 24th of October, Massled
'Vioktt, Clerk, was Licensed to serve the Cure in the Chap«l of Mjinerow in the
EteMl of Batchdale, "ad cOmendacOem Migiat, l^lalon, Ticorii ibm." — Bishop of

Clillter'i Subieriplion fi>
■lomiiiated the (IhimteB.

In the Puriiamentarj InquiBilion 1
before Jamea HallywcU of Pjke Hot
Commisiioners, it was found that ii

From this time the Vicars of Boohdale Li

ikon at Manchester on the 18th of July 1650,
le Esq. Samuel Hamer of Uamcr Esq. and other
1 Butterworth was one Chapel called Milnrow,
disCsnt two miles from Bochdale, the Miniater being Mr. JohD PoUett, godly, ortho-
dox, and well qualified, who received £60 out of the Sequestered Tithes, together with
on annual rent of £4. 10a. gtren, " oa it is said, out of the some, by (he hito Sir John
Byron." It wns considered that it ought to be made a Parish ; and the present
boundaries of the Chapelry are accurately given. — Lamb, XSS. vol. ii

In an Inquisition dated 1658, tlie boundaries of the Parochial Chapelry of Milnrow
are agson given ; and it is recommended that they Bhould constitute the boundaries of
a new and distinct Parish, and that the Tithes, amounting to £60 a year, accruing
within the said new Parish, should be allo((«d to it. The inhabitants are stated to
consist of two hundred and fifty rsmilies, and upwards, and that their ancestors, time
out of mind, had oontributed towards the muntnuui<:e of a Uinister there. And fax-

14&

fiotitUi erstrienftiH.

Augni.[euted] aii.[no] 1717 w'*- 200' by Sam.[uel] Chetham,
Esq,3

Here ia a disorderly custom called a RusLbearing, on Satf next
before S' James' day.
ftalW. Scholefield,3 Belfield,* Clcgg,^ Gartside.s [and] Butterworth

Iher, tluit the Chapel WW wall built, in good repair, convomently situate, and luBcient
for tlui accommodatioD of the inhubttanta ; but that it had no glebe lands or lettled
means for the support of the Minister, and that Mr. Pelur Bradshaw, Clerli, cibt-
dsed there. — Lane. MSS. vol. ii. p. 120.

The Chupel was mdargiNl and a Oallcij built, in the ymr 1715. In the yettr 1798,
the old Chapel nas abandoned, and another built on a new site, which was Con-
secrated on the 15th of August 1T99. In the year 1S14, it was found newssarj to
rebuild the new Chapel. In the year 1817, it was decided by the Court of King's
Bench, that the Chapelr; was Parochinl, and entitled to a Rate for the repairs of
the ChapeL— Bam. and Aldtrnn, p. 87. In the jear 1833, an eioellcnt ParaooagB
HotlM was built, during the present Incumbpney, st an expense of £l,400i and in
the year 1840, large National Schools were erected.

' This benefactor was Samuel Chetbani of Caetleton Hall and Turton Tower Esq.
who died in the year 1744, s.p.

' Scholcfield Hall is a targe and handsome house, in the Elizabethan stf tc, in a
most remote and desolate part of tbe Parisli ; and here lived in the 15th Edward II.
John, son of John de Scholefeld, whose descendant, Captain James ScholeBold,
ruined himself by embarking in the Civil Wars of Charles I. and djing iu tbe year
1693, was suececded in the remnant of his Estate by his son, RadeliSe Scholefield
Esq. a banister at taw, who died iu (he year 1708. The ancient patrimonial inheri-
tance, however, had been sold in the year 16T3, to Seth Clayton Esq. who had mar-
ried Alice, daughter of James Scholefleld Esq. ; and after remaining in two genera-
tions of the Claytons was sold, about the year 1770, by a Decree of Chancery, to
Robert Entwisle of Foxholes Esq. in whoso representative it is now vested.

' Belfleld was held by Adam de Bolfeld, who attests a Deed of William de Lihtollers,
and another Deed of OcoOVe; de Slareden in Honrisfcld, s.d. but in the reign of Henry
III. or Edward I. On Monday next after the Invention of the Holy Cross, in the
87th Henry TL 1468, Alexander Butterworth "of Belfield" awards in Bulterworth,
but how be had obtained the capital mansion of Belfield does not appear. On the
death of his but male descendant, Alexander ButCerworth Esq. on the 6th of April
L72S, aged eighty-eight, his large Estates were conveyed, by Deed and Will of the last
owner, to Richard Townley of Rochdale Oent. ancestor of the present owner, Richard
Oreavea Townlcy Esq. M.P.

The old buildings, on thrBC sides of the inner quadranguhir court, are still standing,
and are approached by a tow arched gateway, over which was a large itone shield

Clcii«fvi> of iHaiirljcBtrr.

»

J^ SOJ31.«?aS9(!»K9r|^.> Certif.[ied] Votilsljire.
0^ 161- ICOO', viz. Glebe, about 7 acres F.m^ mo
and [a] half, consiating of 2 Oardcns, 2 meadows, 5 fields for [■beotM.]

containing the iiniu of Butti^rwDrth, Burdishull, Belfelil, and Clegg. Thia waa
femored in the jear 1815, by permisBion of Mr. Townley, to gratify tbe familj pride
of Joseph Butterworth M.P. the law Btationer, whoso Uborioua nttompt to deduce
his descent from this rmpuctjibla feudal family, was a signal Eailure. — Laitc, M3S.

ToL T. A new brick front was added to the house bj Colooal Richard Towidej in

the year 1752, and eome of the fittings and decoratioiiB of an older house were used.
Here are still some of the portraits of the Buttitrworth family ; and, in a panel over
the dining room fire place, is that of Aleiancter Butlcrwortb, the last of his race, in
a large flowing wig of tbe lime of James IT. and in singular costume.

' Clegg gave name to two distinct (kmihes of ancient gentry, early divided into
Great Cle^g and Little Clegg, though probably both of them vreie derived &om a
common mcoBtor. Bemulph de Clegg, and Queuilda, his daughter, appear, according
to Dr. Wliitalier, as early as the reign of Eiag Stepbco, who died in tbe year 1154. —
Hittory of WhaUgg, p. 439, where wife ie printed instead of daughter. Little Clegg
was sold ID the year 1B16, by Mr. John Clegg, the last of bia family, to Mi-. Robert
Bolto of Chamber House, and is now hold by his grandson, Richard Orforde Holte
of Harrow-oa-tho-Hill Esq.

Great Cl^g, now called Clegg Hall, puaed with an heiresa of Clegg to Belfeld,

before the yesr 1491 ; and, in the year ISTl, was cooTeyed in marriage by Ann,
dm^ter and coheiress of Ralph Belfeld Esq. to William Asheton Esq. Justice of
AMa, who, by Will dated the 11th of January 1582, and proved on the 7th of Oct.
UOB, devised it to hie only surviving boh, TheophiluB Aahoton Esq. L.L.D. and be
djing unmarried in the year 1G^2, the Estate passed to Edmund Uaworth of
Haworth, who had married Elisabeth Aeboton, hia half aiat^r. From this family it
went by marriage, to the Uullons of Uulton, and was lold in the last ceutui^ to the
Entwiales, who again sold it to Mr. Joseph Fenton of Bamford, in whose flons it ii
now veatod. The Hall appears to have been built hj William Asheton, about the
latter part of the reign of Queeo Elizabeth.

' Qartside was held by William, son of Bduse de Qarteaide, in the reign of Henry
m. and having been given to the Monks of Stonlaw by Sir Odbert de Barton, waa
alienated by the religious to Adorn de Wyndhull, and Clarissa, his wife, in tbo same
reign, {about the year 1244.) — ConcAer Boo* of Wiallai, vol L p. 163, edited by
William Hulton Esq. It was sold on the 16tb of Msy 1546, to Sir John Byron,
by James, eon and heir of Hugh Oartaide Oent. for £28, 6s. 4d. ; and waa oonveyed
&om another Sir John Byron, by sale, in tbe year 1609, to W*illiam Orcaves of
Gartside Qmt. aon of the Rev. WiEiam Qreaves of Rochdale. On tbe death of
his deaoeodont, Wdlism Orenies Beauprti Bell Esq. M.A. Commissary of tbo Uni-
versity of Cambridge, of Bcoupr^ Hall in the county of Norfall^ and of Fulbonm in

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Ploughing or Pasture, [3 of 'em are called Geld Fields, and y'
other 2 Ovenhousc Fields,] worth ab' 7' p-[er] an.[num;] paid
out of y« Tytha, 7'; Surp.[lice] fees, 2" ■10'. [The] Miii.[i8ter]
has a bouse of 3 bayee, and 2 bayes of outbousing, viz. 2 Bams, a

the fiouoty of Cambridge, on the 10th of March 1787, this Eatnto, with olher Imgp po«-
HHBianB, poaaed to his great nephew, Ricbard Orearea Townlej Esq. hthcr of Kichiird
Oreavea Townlej Esq. M,P. for the ivuiit; of Cambridge, Ibe preaunt oimer of
GartBidp. In Niehohi' Lit. Amre. vol. ri. p. 10, and elsewhere, the Commissarj'B
patTODTmic i« mia-spelt QraTea. The tUrr. William Cole of Milton, who knew him
well, always speaka of him with luimitigated diiUlie and severity ; but, it hrb sural;
some BlleTiBtion of such bitterness, to have been tbe friend and jirolegi of Dr.
Beatley. — Cole'a liSS. ia thr Brititk M%iaim. Bishop Monk's Ufe of BeatUy,
p. S17-8. 3d edit.

' Butterworth Hall is said to hare been a seat of the Bjrons; but when it passed
&om that familj, or from the Butterwortlia, is itnlcnown. The present boiwc wai
built in tbe year 1630 ; bnt the foundBtions of a larger houac sre pointed out near
"the Hall 0reen."

■ Dedicated to St. Chad. Talue in 1834, £143 Registers bt^n in 1633.

A Church was built here in the early part of the thirteenth century, by Sir William
de Stapylton, the Manerial owner, who goTC the Tithes to the Mother Church of
Bochdale, to which the Chaplain of Saddleworth was to be sutiject. Robert de Sta-
pylton, BOD of the Fomider, confirmed the Tithes, obrentiana, uid oblations of hi*
whole Forest of Sodctword to the Rectors of Rschdale, as his father bad granted
them forty years preceding. This Deed is e.d. but as Adam de StsSbrd, Archdeacon
of Cheater, is an attesting witness, and held hin office betwi>eD the years 1271 and
1879, its date is brought within a narrow compass.

Probably, the same Robert do Stapclton endowed the Cliapcl of Sadelworth with
thirteen seres of land, and a tofl for building a competent house, with other privilegea.
Waller, Archdoftcou of Chester, from the year 1Z79 to the year 1281, is an attestor.
Tbe Abbot and CouTent of Whalley afterwards bet^ame appropriators of a portion of
tbe Tithes, and might nominate the Curate. After the Dissolution, the Vicar of Roch-
dale appears charged with this responsibility. — Lane. MSS. toL xt. pp. 4—10 ; and
OaucAer Boat of WTmlUg, vol i, p. 146, el seq.

In the jearl&3S, Sir William Taylor, Curate of Saddle worth, was assessed ti" ii*
to a Subsidy, and Sir Ellis Ashcworth of the same, iv* t' for (be same purpose.- —
Lane. MSS. vol. liv. p. 43.

On the 23d of December in the 35tb of Elizabeth, (1592,) John Wild, Minister of
the Glospel of Jeaus Chrbt, at Saddlcworth in tbe county of York, being aick, mads
his hist Will, and after desiring that bia body might be buried in the Chancel of hi*
Church, proceeds to ssj, — "Whereas, I have taken of the Worshipful Sir John
Byron, over and besidea * Lmw taken of Edmund Ueyward and Roboi Forrand, of

Qrantru of fHnnt^tattv.

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Stable, and Shippou. [Certificate of Joseph Heightoii, Min',
13 June 1717.]

An. [no] 1628, [A] Clerk admitted to be Curate Capellft de
Saddleworth. Sub8.[cripti(m] B.look,] p. 58.

An Order [was] made by [the] Min.[ister] and Inhab. [itaiits]

Lands now in my own tenure, a heiae of Lunda and the iweraion for twcnly-onc
yesn snerwards, and acknawledging mine own manifold defbpts and want*, in the
perfonpaooi of mj dut; in Word and Doctrine to the People, Bud in token of m;
true Repentance for the atme, and from mj nnfui^ed lore to the People, and iml for
better promoting of Qod'a glory, I gite the benefit of all the eaid l-oues lo a podlj
Preacher, to be prorided and nominated to succeed me in my room by Mr. Hidgle;,
(Vicar of Uochdale,) and Mr. Hunt, (Jfiniator of GUliam,) while they lire, and after
their docnwe b; the discretion of the beat dispoied in Religion in the Parish of Sad-
dleworth I provided always that »a BiiSuieat men, of tbe People of Saddleworth, or tho
godlj Preaohing Minister bo aucceuding mo, shall dolicer into the hands (within one
wiwk after my dein^aae,) of my two brethren in the Parish of Oldham, lo pay in ono
jear unto Otliwell Wild, my younger brolher, £20, for thu uao of John Wild, his
aon, to spend iu books and learning, both in the country and at one of the Unirersi-
ties of Cambridge or Oxford. And I will that if six sulGdent men, or the preaching
Minister euoceeding me, shall not enter into a Bond lo pay the same, then my said
younger brother shall enter upon and enjoy my sud Farma until the expiration of the
two Leaaca, and the rerersion, which I have freely given for the maintenance of a
godly Preacher at Saddleworth. And whereas I do bold my afureeaid Farm under
mj Right Worshipful good Masl^!^, Sir John Byron, a apeeial faiourer of Reh^on, I
humbly besoocb his good worship to be an effectual means to the Bccomplishment of
this my good meaning, for the better preferment of Ood's glory at Saddleworth, and
not only during this term specified, but always after, ao long as his Worship, or his
beira, shall have the Lease of the Tithea, now in hia occupation. I gire lo the Poor
of Saddleworth, one ' Oie stirke,' wbioh I will to be aold and the money giren ta
aforesaid. To Mr. William Bamsdim, x"" ; to Mr. John Ramsden, four hoops of corn i
to James Soholfield, iij' iv' ; and to his son Robert, all my Books, aaTe one Bible,
which I gite to Edward Maraland; to Giles 8hnw, one Kdward-shilling j to my bro-
ther, Oltiwell Wild of Cowlyahaw, a pair of bed-stocks : and 1 appoint him my Eie-
entor." There are numerous other small legacies. The cffecta couaiated chielly of
cattle, com, hay, books, (valued at 16*) and wearing apparol. Proved at Che«l^, on
the ITth of Janoary 1002.— Laae. AfSS. vol. it. p. 395.

In the year 1714, the Inhabitants of Saddleworth contended that the nomination of
the Incumbent waa veiled in them, but failed to salbfy the proper authorities that
such was the case. Dnring the Civil Wars, whilst the endowment was unimportant,
and the Vivaragu of Rochdale held by a Presbyterian, the iuhabitan's seem to have
been permitted to elect tbe Minister, and subsequently to have founded their cUiro on
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y' for every Grave made iu y* Cliap.[e!, there] shall be paid B"*" to
the Wardens: Confirmed an. [no] 1672. V.[ide] Reff.[uiler.]

2 Wardens, an. [no] 1673.

Leave [was granted] to build a uew Gallery, 1718. Reg.lister]
Book, 4.

9 m.[iles] from Rachdalc; 4. m. [lies] from auy other Cb. [urch.]

otlins, tbcj state that ihey are "above eiglit Bmrc of tlie inhabitonta who approach
hia Lordship i" (bnt "upoo tbr death of our laU? Minister, Mr. Lew, which liap-
pened before CbrUtmas but was twelre moatbti, the people proceeded to msJie choice
o( ■notbcr to BUcixed him, us time out of miud the; have beeu used, in the like case, to
do, and humbly recommaudod him to your Lordship's predecraaor (the now Arch-
biiiiop of Yorli) for his Lieeose, but there met wilb oppositioD from the Vicar of
Bocbdidi>, olBuning a right of QomiiiBtion of a Curate to Saddleworth, as being
within liis Parish of Bochdale, — a thing utterly new, and unknown, to [he most sn-
lient of Ibe iuhabitanis of aaddleworth, and which we cannot acknowledge. We tbeu
represented that in all our aiitient writings since Queen Elizabeth's reign, if not be-
fore, it haa been, as it now ie, called the Pariah of Ssddleworth, luid that if em it
was a Chapel it was so originally to some Mooastcry, to which we hnva been assured
it antieutly did belong, and not to Kuchdalc. That the Parish of Saddleworth in
circumference ia 16 or 20 miles, ^ had within itself oU Foroohial rights, priTilogo,
and liberties, entire,— and never owned or pad anything to the Church of Boohdale,
(as is common not only for Chsipela of Ease, but Parochial, to do to their Mother
Church,) iu the way otfoes, rights, contributions, or dues, upon any account." ....
"This matter has long been under the consideration of His Grace of Canterbuiy,
the owner of the Tithes of Suddleworth, which are charged with £7 a year to the
Minister here, but baa been left by him (the Archblehop) undetermined, and we
without a Miniater, save the said Vicar's nominee, whom his Grace of York thought
at should officiate amongst us, till it should be decided whether to license and esta-
blish him as the said Vicar's nominee or not. We assure your Lordship that aU we
aim at ia what in our consciencea we believe we hiiro, vU. an independency of Roch-
dale, and by our own Choice we mean no more than to hare such an orthodox good
man for our Minister 09 might he approved by a majority of us, on whoec cheerful
coutributions to him, his comfortable subsistence, must depend, the £7 above men-
tioned and near b« much in a Qlebe belonging to the Church being but a small thing
to live on. We submit the whole to jour Lordship's wisdom and justice, humbly
begging your eonsiderotion of the matter and » reply directed for us to Huthersfield
by the Vorkibire Post, by the way of Wakefield, and we remain your dutifii! sons and
servants." Signeil, Thomas Lees, John Andrew, James Broadhent, Giles Shaw,
Churchwardena. — Lane, MSS, vol iv.

In 1772 the same question was again started and Sereely agitated, hut with no other
rmult than might have been anticipated. — Lane. MSS. toL L p. 267. The Tioar of
Hochdale continues (o be (he Patron.

j^rtiiirru of IHanrlirfitri'.

^

^1 0©i«0aSlE>'S»' Certif.[ied] 2', tflfjap.tJar.

j|^3( viz. a small house for y" Curate 1'; ^iigttl.

ami for a Charity Scnnon ev, [ery] New Year's Day to be preached p™ 'w

in [the] Church of Rochdale, 1';^ Contrib.[ution8] about l<lip.[er] ^^?--R^-
an, [num. ]^ .

The ChappeLy formerly paid 20' p. [er] an. [num.] and thought
themselves bound by custom so to doe, but now they are most
Quakers.* ffartl^ IVro^s Acd- an.[no] 1706.

'Doiiimtedfo tlie Hol^r Trinity, (St. Mary, Ecton.) Talue in 1831, £13-*. Hcgia-
ten brgia in 1602.

Todmonltn wiu I'kimeil u > Manor bj the Uadcliffra before the 3d llenrj VIT.
when Kichard Riuifliffe Etui, wm «u<< to hold his Manor of Todmordrn of Iho King,
ac of his rojal Manor of Rochdale.— Poit Mortem Inquintioi: Ami b the 29th Henry
Tin. Edward Badcliffe E^q. convejed bia >[anor of Todmordcn to his son and hpit
apparent, Charles RailcliHb, and Margaret, his wife, to be held of the chief lord of Iho
lee, bj service and b SsTile rent of 8d. per nnnum. As examination of the ancient
erideacea of this family shews that no Maaor wu ever granlol out, but that John,
•en of WiUiain de la Dene, bj Deed doted the 22d Edward I. 1S03, granted to Alice,
daughter of William de Radclifle, (which Alice is not named in the elaborate Pedigreo
of tbe family, in Whitakcc's Hitlitjy of ffialley,) " in [lum virginitat«," all bia landa
and ■crrices in Todmorden. Theac lands had been cODiejed by Deed s.d. by Tbomaa
de la Dene to Williani, bis son and heir, and hia issue, pujing 10s. annually for nil
aonicea and detnanils. By another Derd dated the 27th Edward I. Henry, son of
Richard do Hipperbolme grantrOil to John de Lascy, and Margaret, his wife, and tbcir
issue, Iho fourth part of the vill of Todmorden, with the whole of the annual rent,
togethm with the moore, homages, reliefs, and escheats to the same belonging, to be
held of the chief lord, by the oceustomed scrrieea. In tho year 1302 Henry, son of
Biehard de Hipperbolme, released to John de Ijucy, all tho eltum which he ever had
in a rent from the son of Andrew do WardhuU, for homage, service, wardship, ic.
In the IGth Edward II. these lands hod been conveyed by the do la Denes to the
Wardbulls, and in the 38th Edward III. Henry de Stones conveyed them by sale to
WilUam do Rndcliffe of Langfleld, grandson of Riohard do Eadcliffo of RodeliBb
Tower, living in fhe year 1275, to bo held of the oliicf lord of the fee. — Lane. MSS.
Beilcliji Eeid.

The handots of Todmorden and Walsden in tho Township of HundersSeld, consti-
tnted tho Parochial Chapelry of Todmorden within the Tarish of Bouhdale.

The old Church eiistcd m tho year 147G, was rebuilt in the year 1T70, and is now
ehielly used for Baplisnu and Burials, and a Wednesday Evening Scrricc, a large
new Church having been built, on a more ndTantagcoue lil^, and consecrated in July
1S32.

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Todraordine Hall being now possessed by a Quaker who has
lately bought au Estate of 80' p.[er] ttn.[nmu,] for V^ y" Curate
used formerly to receive 3' -8', lie now refuses to pay any thing,
and y" Curate is not able to Sue him. Curate's Ace'- aa.[ao] 1717.

In Ihe year 1S40, a building in tbe hamJot of WaUden was licensed for Diiinc Ser-
vice, nud UBed ru a Sundnj School. A new and independent Panub hns been formed,
and the foundation stone of a Churoh, dedicated to St. Feter, ww Iiid, on land giTen
b; John Croasley Eeq. M.A. of ScaitcliflV, on the Sth day of Jul; 184fi. The Church
was euniocratcd bj the Lord Siehop of Moncheater, on the Tth of August 1848.

Id an Inquisition taken at Eocbdale on TncMla; the 18th of January 165S, the
Jurors sa; "that Todiuerdon i» a largo Parorbiall Chappell distinct [distant] from
the Parish [Church F] of Kochdale nine miles, and upnards; that the hamlet of
Todmorden and Wolwlen, id the Toimship of HundcrBfield in the said Parish of
Kochdale, is distinguished and known from the other parts of the same Township by
tbe Coostablrj, cousieting of 117 famllieB, and upwarde, and are fit to be taken and
MTcred from the said Parish Churt'b of Hochdalo and to be united and anneied to the
■aid Chappell of Todmcrdon and made a distinct Parish of itself, the Tjtbcs and
EccleaiDsticoll p'fltts whereof are of tbe jearl; lalne of £21. 10s. ; that tho sard
Chappell of Todmerden is well built, conTenienlly seituate, coiivonicnt to hold the
Inliabilants fit to be allotted to it as aforesaid ; and that there is no Qlealic Lands,
Uouations of Moneys, nor nny other Settled Maintainance belonging to the sayd
Ohnppell, save only tho Chappell yard, w"" is large, and wherein the Inhabitants have,
time out of mind, buried their dead; and that Thomas Somerton preacheth at the
■aid Chappell."

On tho above pridonce the following remarks were made by a contemporary, not
onlikcly to be acquainted with the circumstances of the case, and were entered in a
book " kept in tbe Court. Baron at Itachdale :"—

"Todmerden is a Little Church, distant &om Bscbdale but six niiles, as hath
alnays been accounted. It is scitnuto in tho outmost comer of the Pariah of Bach-
dale, in the county of Lane', and upon j° BiicF Bank that Dirides tho countys of
Lane, and Torke, — that divers of tbe Inhabitant* within tbe county of Yorke have
right of Btuying places, and Seats in tho said Church of Todmorden, and pay wages
thereto for the Maintenance of the Minister ; and y' all the s' Tythos of Todmorden
and Walsden amount but to £14 p. an., and all the other Tythes, if tbcy couid be col-
lected, amoDnt but to £6 per ann. — so inquire whether these Persons be fitt to bo
made a Distinct Parish unless a great part of tbe next adjoining parish w' lies in tho
eo. of Yorke might bo taken away and added to ihem. That the Church ot Todmor-
den is returned Id the Inquisition to be well built; v'^ is Tery untrue, for the walls
are cloion asunder, the Church ready to fall to tho Ground for want of repairation,
Tory uneonveniently seituate by reason it stands bo in tlio outmost corner of the
Parish as afores'', and seituate for the benefit of a great number of tbe lobabitants of
the county of Yorke. Thai some ot the Inhabit" doe bv force, against the wills of

Btanerp of JttanrtjfBifv.

1+9

Paid formerly by y* lladcHll's -f p.[cr] an.[nuni;] now withheld
by Mr. Mainwaring of Carinchain, who married the Heiresse of y"
Fam.[ily:] he saycs it was paid only by Conrteay, Major Main-
waring says he has seen a receipt, given to the Steward of the

thi' rest, maintDiti one Tliumaii Sumortijii to I'reiu'li tliere, nho b siud to haTo been a
BUi^ksiiiith or Farrier, and Preitchetli rer; sCraugo Doctrine, 16G8," — Lane. MSS.

This son of Vulcan was an Independent in his views of Disiriplinp, and bad dia-
pIbch), after the year 1650, "Mr, FranciB Core, a ntelt qualified Ministn', but of tcan-
daloiu life and ooiiTertation," or in other words, an Episcopalian. Somerton probabl;
ranaincd here until the Kestomtion, but how be vacated the Cursej is unknown.

' Josinb Oartaida of Boobdale, Merchant, bv Will dated the 10th of December 1712,
charged bi> bouses in Bluckwat^r Sliect, Rochdale, with the pajment of 20s. to the
Minister of the Chapel of Todmorden, for prcaehing a Sermon in the Parish Church
of Rochdale, every New Year's day ; and the reeipients of the Donor's Charitj ore to
be tnhortcd bj the Trustees to attend the Church ou that day, — a duly which is much
neglected by ol! the parties concernod.

' The principal etidowmeiit of the Church arising Irom voluntary contributions, the
inhabitants hud sometimes the privilege of appointing their Muuster coneoded to
them by the Ticar of the Parish. The sort of men which such weU-moming rustic*
might be expected to choose may be secu in the following Contract, which appears to
hare bcoo entered into by the parties without any regard lo Article* or Creeds, and in
dhreot opposition to the whoht polity of the Church of England. Whether the Hiois-
tor elect hadreoeived Epiacopal Ordination, or had just tetl tho BcUowa and Anvil, like
one of his predecessors, is somewhat doubtful j but it is dear from bis lignatiiro
to the document, that he was barely able to write his name : — "Fibmary IS, 1695.
Memord'. I, Daniel Pighella of Marsden, Cierke, doe hereby p'miae y' I shall and
will officiate within y Church or ChappoU of Todmerden in y' County of Lnnciwtcr,
■I s rending, praying, and preaching Minister, according lo y* prescript Bulea of j'
Holy Scriptures contained in y* Old and New Teetamente of the Lawea of Qod and
Qospell of Christ according to the Doctrine ofy* Apostles and P'tostant religion now
used in England. And y' both opon Simdays, and Holy days, for y' spaoe of one
whole ycsrc, nllready b^un, as n-ittness my band. Dan. FigbelU. Signed in the
p'scDCe of us — Abraham Oabtrco X his marks, Abr. Scholofeild." — Lam-. MSS,
vol. uri.

* The Quaker*, however, wore neithor so namcrous nor powerful here as to prevent
their honest neighbours from vindicating the rights of the injnmd Church. On tho
6th of November 1717, "tho Freeholders and other Inh" of Todmorden, and
WaUden within the Chapetry of Todmorden, at a Public Meeting duly called and
held in the Paroehuil Chapel, to concert proper measure* for the li^ Rocorer; of
aueh Cuatamary Rights and Duea as are now withheU from the Curate of tho «<
Chaiieli Agn-ed, —

" 1. That aU Quakers and others who refused to pay their proportionate sbarc of

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family by Mr. Crabtrce, formerly Curate, wherein he acknow-
ledged that £3. IO3. from the family was a gratuity to the Miu',
An.[no] 1673, 1 Warden, [and] 1 Aasist.[ant,] for 2 Hamlets,

tlie Curate's stipend, commonly calletl Minintcr's Wagi-s, shall be proreeiied ag' aoc*
toLnw.

"2. That the s' Cursl-e and hi» Buccesson »\mil be aaved harmless from all eost
onil clnmngrs.

"3. That any Suit to commimoed shall be [irosemiteJ at the sole charge of the
whole Chapeli7, in proportion as the Koparation I^ay has usually been piiJ."
Signed bj John Fielden, Chapel-warden; Anthonj CVosaley, Oieraeeri John Croaslej,
Gilbert Lacy, Cjril ScholoSeld, and man; others.

On the 14th of Januarj 1719, a mei'ting was ealled for the same purpose, and simi-
lar resolutions were passed, onlj it was resolred " that the Quakers sliould be pro-
eeeilcd ag' aceord< as the Paragraph in the Slotute of Ihe First of King Geo. lie nxlk
Chap, in that case, bath ordered and directed."

At a yi-rj large public meeting legnll} called on the 30th of March 1719, it nas
again agreed that, " Whereas, screral eonsidcrable Inbabitouts of Todmorden did pajr
the anlient customary Kent for the maintennnce of the Curate of Todm", and screral
great Estates lying within the aaid Chapeb7, that did cuslflmarily pay as aforesaid,
are now by purchase come into the bands of several Quakers, who refuse to pay tha
antient and customai^ Rent to tbe Curate, to bis great and manifcet damage and loss,
that an Aasessm' shall be made by any two Inhab" subscribing these presents, upon
all our Estates proportionsbly and res|>ertivcly, for any sum not exceeding £30 1 w'
said sum shall be levied and paid into the bands of the Chajwl- Warden of Todmorden,
that with it be may Sue, implead, and proceed (according to law) against all and every
Ihe said Quakers, and all other persona refusing to pay as af^, until they have (Lo, the
Inhahitonts) fully reeovered the t' Curate's Rights and Dues, and all Arrears."
Signed by John Halliwell, Fike House; Johii Croeslcy, Anthony Croslcy, Anna
Travis, Cyril Scholelleld, John Fielden, Samuel Fielden, Thomas Sprowell, and
thirty-flTe others.

As a natural consequence of this flagrant diahonesly the Incumbent had heeu
starved out; aud "there was no Minister from January 24th to July iffith 1713,
when I (John Welsh) was ordained Deacon by Sir William Dawes, Bishop of Ches-
ter, in the Cathedral Church of Chester, the 19th of July this present year, and
Preached my ilrst Sermon at Todmerdcn y !!6th day of the aiuno month, on Philipp.
3 c. 8 V." — Memoromitim in llui Regitter Boot.

This worthy man continued here for aevcnteen years the Minister and Srhoolmaatcr,
and was very successful iu reelaiming Dissenters, and extending the influence of the
Church. It was certified to Bishop Gastrell, in the year ITlfi, that Mr. Welsh had
behaved himself at Todmorden as became his olHce, that be was unblamable in his
practice, orthodox in bis opinions, (bat his rare and diligence in the Ministry had
been remarkable, and Ibat the same could be testifleil by Mr. Pigol, Mr. Alexander

Ocanmj of jn.inri)ratrr.

151

viz. Todmordine and Walsden. Warden chosen in [the] Par. [ish]
Church of Rachdalc ; who serves for these 2 hamlets only.

9 mi. [lea] &om Rachdale.

The Clerk begga Wooll through y" C'happelry for liia main-
tenance.^

Buttorwortli (of BelHeld,) Mr. Samuel Chetluini, Mr. Aoilren Holiieu, and Mr. John
Slsrkj. He mBrHi>d at Todmordea au the 5tli of Juno 1716, tin. Muy Lac}', and
died IiH'iimb*nt of Kewchurch in Roasijudale about the jcar 1763, a lerj aged man.
From eome of his Letters whith I have seen he uppwrn to hare b«en an intelligent,
useful, and pious Clerg^an, zealous for the welfare of hii dock, and ono nbo laugbt
to promote peaoe without Hacrifldug prineiple. — Lane. MSS.

' WMIat zualous in defenct? of the rights of their own Chapel, tho influential inhabi-
tants of Todmorden were oquallj resolute in resisting what were doubtteds considered,
though not bj them, the just rights of the Mother Churi-h of B<H'hdale ; and whilst
they did not obfeet to their CWk begging wool, they assembled in large numbera, in
November 1683, and "agreed to, and wilh each otber, being Freeholders and Char-
terenj of Todjnorden and Waleden within the Pariah of Rochdale, to assess [hair
respective lands to bear tho costs and charges in Defending or CommeitriKg ot any
Suits or AccSna for the Preservation of the Rigbls, Privileges, and Immunities be-
longing U) tbe Churob or Farochiall Chappell of Todmurden, against all persona who
shall endeavour to exaetc or eitorl« Wages, Fee«, or Salearyea from any of us, either
aa Minister, Clarke, or other Eeeleaiailical person, belonging to any other Church,
Cbappell, or PUoe wbatsocTer." This AgreomBnt ia signed by BadcLifle Suholefiuld,
Anthony Croeley, Rich. Croaley, Oeo. SCnnsfield, Joshua Fielden, and many others.

On the 2d of July ISSl, Ralph Webb, Parish Clerk of Haehdale, gives an acquit-
tance to the inhabitants of Todmorden, againat whom he had commenced a Suit for
the B<¥overy " of aome Dues, or Pretended Duos, or Salarie," to which Henry Figot
B.D. the Vicar was a witness i and, at Ibis time, it ia not improbable that double
dues ceased to be paid to the Vicar of Rochdale from Todmorden, which continued lo
be demanded, and paid from tbe other Chapels in the Parish, imtil tbfy were remitt«d
by the Rev. Dr. Moksworth, in the year IMl. The cUim of the Parish Clprk was "a
bowl of Come" yearly &om the principal freeholders, and which " antient right" was
commuted in the year 1692 for a money-payment oharged on the Rates, in perpetuity,
but which ia now withheld. The clerk's chiim was quite distinct from tho Tithe, and
is alluded to in a Poem, in the LmudotuHc MSS. anterior lo tbe time of tbe Reform-
ation, on the burdens lo which landed property was then subjected, each verse con-
eluding with tbe lino " I prayo to God spede well the plough."
"And so shuhh^ of right the parson praye
That hath the tithe shefc of tbe landu ;
For our sarvaiintja wo moat nedis payo.
Or ellys ful still the plough maye stondo:
r*fa comelh thr ilrrk anon at /landt

152 ^otitia Crstricntim.

Augra.Lented] au.[iio] 1724.^
fcBlItf. Todmorden Hall,' ScaitcUffe.'*

Ta hare a ahef of come there it grouxlh.
And the leiton somewhate in hu liaade,
I praje to Qod spole wele the plough."

Wright's Euai/t, toI ii. p. 274.

° On the 23d of April 1724, Bishop Gwtrrll isBUud > CummisBion to Hitirj WbIIuii
of Mandcn Hull Esq, Ororge Havtorth of Crawiiliaw Booth Oent. Bobi-rt Liowndea
of EouhJalc, altorcej at law, tho Rev. Jamca Matthews, Vicar of Whalh7, the Rev.
John Barlow ofColse, and the Rci. Kicholas Koughtoo of AlthaiD, to enquire into
the DBturo and value of an Eetate proponed to be purfhuued b;r the Ouventors of
Queen Anne's Bounty, in co:\)unption with Mr. John Storkj of Rochdale, who had
proposed and pronuBcd to advance tho sum of £200, for a perpetual aitgmeutstion of
the Curacj of Todmorden.

' Todmorden Hall wbb much onlargcd or rebuilt iu the beginning of the serentBBntb
eenturj by Savile Radcliffe Esq. the tooth in lineal descent from the original pui^
chaacr. In one of the roome there atill remains a finely carved oak maotol piece, on
which aro emblazoned the following arms : — In the centre panel, on a ahicld, are tb«
arm« of Rij>ci.iFTE, argent, a bend engrailed sable, a mullet in sinister chief for dif-
ference ; quartering Gbebmiobeb, vert a cheveron, gulee, between three garbs or ;
impaling HiTDE of Sorburj, aiure, a ohorron, between three loiengei, or.

Crest of Rai>cu]TE — A bull's head erased, sable, ducully gorged and eluuiied, or.

Crest of HvDB — An eagle, with wings endorsed enble.

MoTTQB. Natnle Solfl Dvoo. Araa Virtytera, On the two aide paneli are flat
CBryinga, in a debased style, of a domestic Cat, a L'njcom, a Lion, a Cone;, and a

Surmounting the whole is an Earl's coronet, placed above a shield containing the
arms of RatclitTc, Earl of Sussei, org. a bend engrailed, sub. and enclosed within a
garter, with the usual lootto, still perfect ; and two smaller blank shields below.

Beneath the panelling in front of the mantel, are four sluolds, and in the centre,
within a circle, the RadulilTe crest. The two shields on the left contun (1) argent, a
Lion rampant, gules, and (2) the arms of Baddi^e; those on the right (3) tho arm*
of Hyde, aud (4) arg. H Cross, moline.

There aro also the letters B. B. K. R. and on each of the four pilasters the figures
1-6-0-3.

The hut beir loale of the Radcliffes of Todmorden was Joshua Radclilfe Ssq, who
died ill the jeer 1676, loaving issue a sole daughter and lieiresa, Eliaabeth, in ward to
her maternal grandfather, Richard Brodshaw of Pennington Esq. and afterwords
tbo wife of Roger Mainwaring of Kerminohani Esq. Sherifl' of Chi-shiru in tho year
1697. He squondered the large Estates of his wife, and sold Todmorden Hall obout
' the year 1700. His wife died in August 1738.

The Hall is now the property aud residence of James Taylor Esq.

" ScaitoMe waa the property of Joblk del Croslegh in theSStb Edward III. and bos

JScinrrn of fRiinrf)cntn'.

153

r

k

^j^ ere is a School, built by Mr. Glcgg,^ Vicar of Kirkham, wlio USuUBrn
^^ gave 100' towards endowing it. The luhab. [itants] arc to ^f^""'-
give 50' more, but that sum is not yet made up, 1718. 4
Children oiily to be taught gratis ; [the] major part of y* Free-
holders of Todmordine and Waladen to choose y" Master: but
matters ai'c uot yet settled, nor a Master chosen. [The Bishop
has drawn a line through the last sentence.]

[The] present Curate is Master, an. [no] 1725. Power of dis-
placing the Master [is] given to [the] major part of [the] Free-
holders ; who chuse by Deed of Trust.

Here is a School built of Stone and Flag'd. It is 12 yards long,
5 broad, and 5 high, w''' a Chamber over it, and [a] yard for y
Boy 68 to play iu.

Httoen by Mr. Gleggs to [the] Poor of Todmorden and Wals- Cljiiiiliti.
den, an.[uo] 1670, Iff, to be lent freely iu four equall par-
cells, to 4 poor, mean, sober, honest men, or distressed widows, or
a poor hopeful couple, newly married, upon Security to Repay it
in 4 years; only 7'- 10" now remains, (an. [no] 1720;) 2' more,
ancient Stock, called " Poor John's Money," y* origiuall of w'''
[is] not known,

dcRcendcd uuinterruptedl; in tho male line to John Croesley Biq. M.A. of Iho Inner
Temple, BarnsMr at Liw, the pres(<Dt owner, vlio Biiooocded to Ibe Estate on the
death of his fsthtr, John Cro8Bl<7 E»q. F.H.A. in the year 1830. Tho south troat wm
reboilC in thu year 1G66, anil tho north part in tho year 1738. In tbe year 1S33 the
nhole WW reoonatruuted, with a laudable regard to the original uhoractcr of tho
hoiue. III )>oint of aitiuttion and scenery, it Btonils unrivalled iu the still beautiful
role of Toilmardcn.

" Tho E«v. Richanl Clegg (not Glogg) by Indenture ilalud the 3d of August 1713,
COUTi^yod to tho Bcv. Henry Pigot, Viear of Rochdale, John HoUiwell of Pike IIoiuo
Esq. and two othetn, and their heira, a newly ereol«il School Ilouee in Todmorilen, in
Truet, and aleo £100 aa an endowment, and afterwards collected £50 to keep tho
building in repair. Mr. Clegg wan the only son of Mr. Richard Ctegg of Stonehouse
in Walsden, by his wife, Mary, daughter of Mr. John Eastwood of Eaatwood, and
wna boni in the year 1635. Uis father died in the yesr 1B3U, when he was four years
old; and his motlier was buried in the year 1672, at tho West End of Bocbdak
Churcli, where a nUrna nilli an inscription, still remaining, wne plnoeil over her
remains, by the Glial piety of the Vicar of Kirkham. Mr. Ckgg died in the year
VOL. II.] X

Ilottlia CcalntitBis.

9ugm.

|i|g5B):ffMI<9KC».' Certif.[ied] 6'.

^^6'-8'i, yiz. house uiid croft, I'.&'-S'i,

Iiit.[erest] of 100', B'. There are some Contrib. [utious] from

[the] Inhab. [itants] challenged aa Due, but that they dispute.*

V.[ide] MiLNRow.

1720, hsiing fouaded tt ChBrily for Ihc Poor of hia Pariah iii the jenr 1670.
or the three daughters uiil cohisuvaaea of the Tiear, EUiabcth, the youngest, alone
married. Eer huabuud was Bobert TV'alaou of Wakpfiold Qeot. by whom ahe had
two cliUdren, Dr. Kobcrt Wstaon, Vicar of Padciiiigton, who died in the jear 1756 ;
and Mra. Jam- Wutaon, who died unmarried, inteatste, a lunatic, and verj ricb, in
Ihc year 1772. Her heir-at-law waa found to be Mr, John Byroni of Rhodca near
Rochdale, a dcarendant of the only aiater of the Rer. RichBrd Clegg, who shared her
Eatatca with lus kinaman, Mr. John Kojda of Falinge, who bad been inslrumenlal
in obtiuiiing them. Dr. C, Leigh, in his Natural BUtorg of Lancaihirf, b. ii. p. B9,
giyea a ramBrkablc itialunce of the cure of Mra. Clegg, the wifc of the Vicar of Kirk-
bam, of a Quartan Ague, attended with loss of aprech, and other uniuual aymptoma,
by the uae of (he Coiie-r, — Sulphate of Quinine being unknown to the learned and
acientiCe Dotlor. — Lane, MSS. toL xvi. pp. 19S, et aeq.

' Ditdioated to St. BaHholomow. Valne in 1834, £256. Rogialers begin in 1763.

Shortly after the ConiiUBBt, WhJtwoHb wna held by Robert de Whitwortli, and
continued in the loenl family iinme until it was contejed by two daughters and eo-
heiressos to Hugh dc lilanil, and to - -■ de Liveraegf. A moiuly of tliu vill of
Whitworth was given by John de Elnnd to the Abbey of Whalley, in the thirteenth
century ; and the other moiety woa given by Robert do Lirenege to the Abbey of
Salley in Yorkshire, which alWwarda granted it to the Frioresa of Uanipole, who,
h»Ting held it forty years, conveyi-d it to Robert, son of Ralph de Whitworth, at » rent
of 16s. a year : and he afterwanls baring i^ed his right, this moiety paaaed alio in
the reign of Edward II. to the Abbey of Whalley, where it remained until the Disso-
lution, when it was uold to Sir Tbomaa tlolte of Oriulchurst, who conveyed the
Abbey lands to various purchasers.

' This " dispute" sppean to have originated in the appointment of an unpopular
Incumbent by the Rot. Henry Pigot B.D. Vioar of Rochdale, who, about the year
1710, nominatt^d the Rev. Joseph Oajiaon R.A. to the Living ; but by what leg^
right appeot-a somewhat doubtful, as it ia evident that the Chapel waa built by the
inbnbitanta of Whitworth, in the year 1532, and tbat the patronage was vested by
them in certain Trustees. Mr. Pigot writing to Mr. SIrHtford of Cheater, March 16(h
1716-16, says, "All the particulars respecting the old Chapel Wage my Curates will
prove, if UBceasury : and I myaelf will add, that it was the reault of Bishop Strat-
ford's judgment that if the major part ooncluded to treble the Old Wage, it should
bind the whole to that proportion: but in his Lordahip's time, none stood out, Ur,

The 100' given to y* Chap, [el]
was M' or Batch, [elor] of Arts.

JBtnnmi of fttanriifBtrr.

condition [that] y' Curate

k

Wliitchrad being Iheii oniainml lo Whilworlh hj ray Nominal", nnd duly paid till
remixed." — MS, Letlert, Lant^. MSS. About the year 1710, the following Case wa«
drawn up and Bubmitled to Cuuuael, and will eipUin the relatiTe poBition of the Tiear
and (his noflion of hia PariahionerB. Ab the mau is feirly itated, it will be a
•ary lo allude further lo tlie original foundatiou Deed of the Chapel. " lu the 24th
Henry VIII. aeTeraU Inhabitants of Whitworth in the p'inh of Rachdall, who had
gott >omo liind given them for that purpoBe, by Robert Holt Esq. did erect a Chap-
pell and make a Chappell yard. And theao Builders appointeil four men to see the
work go forward, to Baaigne Seata to the CongregatioD, Assess the Wages each person
■bonld ^vj to the Oiinte, and agreed that thoae four men, and their bi
should for ever bave tbc placing and aettling the Prieata there. And they agreed
that if it ahoutd pleaae the Eing, or bia Sueuesaors, that Service should not be had
there, that then all the payoieiits aliould end, and be no longer paid ; And ordered
that the *' four men, and their Bueeeasora, should appoint eveiy year two Reerea, to
collect the Prieat'a Wages, and bring it lo the aaid Tour men, ai
Pursuant to the Aiiicles made on this account the said four men, and their sne-
eeaaora, have all along had the i"hoioe and iiominacon of the Priest lo serrc in y' said
Chappell, without the intemieildliiig of the Parson of the Parish ; and they have paid
auch Prieats' Chappell Wages p'suant lo the usuall custome. But now the Vicar (of
Roehdalo) hath Imposed his Curate upon them, who made a forcible Entry into the
ChappeU. .And the four men also by foree, re-took poaseasion thereof; for whieb the
Vttsar brought au Action, and on Triall hut Lannuiter AEsiz<9, produced Witnessca
Id prOTe that be, about forty years ago, made Bererall p'aentations of Curatea to thv
aaid Chappell, who held and ei^oyed the snroe. Sinee the Tryall, the p'sent Curate,
tho' he was named in apposition to the Chappelrj, threalenB to Sue the Inbabilanta
for the moneya whieh they hare usually paid to the Curates of their own choseing.

"Qu. If Ihe Curale can any way or how force the Inhabitant* to pay him such
Wages as they did to those [Oiralea] of their own chusing, the c6mi
nuaoSo thereof being in direet opposition to the Title he makes thereunto,

" Jameo Wolfenden [of \UAva in Wardle iu the Parish of Roehdnlo, yeoman,] by
Deed dated 25tb Dec. IGHB, giTea tu Ihe said four men £80, l<3 pul forth at Interest till
the aame should come to £100 clear; and then therewith to purchase Lands, (
Other hercdit', annuity, or rent charge, to the use of a Preaching Minister at Whit-
worth Chappell, such Minister for the time being, being a Maiter of Arts, a Bachelor
of Arts, or an approved orthodox Divine and Cnivenity Hcholar, according to the
Ecelesiastieal Laws of the Church of England, to and for aneb Minister's better
Maintennnre, Livelihood, and Slay of Living, as there sboidd be a suceession of on*
Minister after another happening lo Preach and live there. Al the coming of whioh
Minieler the said four men, and their heirs, and the aurvivor and bia heirs, should con-
[iprote of him ; nr else they niiflil detain nuch profit and maintenanca till

I5fl flotitia CfBtnnisijs.

j\ii.[oo] 1674, 1 Warden i 1 Assist, [ant.]
[The] Chapelry consists of 2 DiviBions, 'Wliitw.[orth] and
Wardle.

thore ahould be such on approved Minuter lu Rfuresaid. The said fonr mtm tooli >
Martgagu of Lands Tor tho pnTment of £5 pur mmum for fort; jauf, u>d £105 tho
yaa after, Sinco wli[eh tliree of them iltc doiut, and the p'aeat Cumtii p'ncntcil U)
the Chappell without tlie consvot ur spprobation of the Siirrivor, or witbiut to mnch
ae asking it until! after he "bb Lieonscd. P'scntlj after hie comeing, the »ur*iving
Trustee made other Truateca l« himsulf, against all w'** Ac. the Viear brought the
said Ai-tlon.

" Qu. If Iho proMHt Curate can compel the TruBteoB to paj the £5 p. ann. untill
he halh their i.'onaont and npprobacon? Will puch conaeni and approbni.-mi now after
tuB Licence entitle him to it P Or can he force the payment thereof there being no
Gift over, but to remaiu in the Truatces' hand* till they shall approie of » Cnrefu
there?" — Xoiw. MSS.

At this time Wbitworth Chapel was eonaidered a DoimtiTuj but tho Onginal
Agnwment with the Ordinarr, and the Bojal License^ could not bv found. It was,
howcrer, contended that these might hare existed, and would necenearilj hnTc been
obtained, as no Donative eould be established withoQt them. On the other hand, it
appeared that from the Restoration, the Biahop Visited and granlixl a Lieoneo to the
Incumbent to Pr«ich, nominated by the Viear of Bocbdolc, but had no power tn
regulate the acata in the Cbapel. These UDfortnnatc diaputea were settled b; Mr.
John Starky of Roclidale obtaining the Patronage, as slated in ihe text.

In tbc Great Snrvey of the Manor of Boehdale by Sir Robert Ileath, the Attorney
Qenoral, in the year 1626, it is stated, "tlint there is a small tenement with a close of
pasture, being la. Ir. 30p. raluvd at £1. Ge. 8d. a year, acljoiniug north to the Chapel
of Whitworth, lately encroached from the Waste, which i* claimed as belonging to
the Chapel of Whitworth, by tho Inhabitants." ^flocWain Manor Rteordi, Jia»e.
MSS. voL ni. p. 23S. It is also sUted that " the Chapel and Cbapel Yard rontsin
26 perches, and that the bitter is worth one shilling by the year ;" from which il may
be inferred that there were no Burials, and tliut it was not Parooliial.

The tenement and eroft mentioninl by Biahop Uastrell are stitl a portion of the en-
dowment of Ihc Living ; and the cottage, bring formerly llio residence of the Minister,
is still known as "the Chapel- house,"

An inscription on the Bell, records that the Cliapel vras Orst built in the year 15S2,
and tho boll recast in tbc year 16S6.

The Cliapel having been long dilapidated a Brief was obtained in the yoar 1770, and
a local subscription commenced, the largest individual sum contributed being 10s.!
At a public mivting, it was determined that application should be made to the people
of 'I'ndmonlm for their advice concerning the best method of repairing the siud Cha-
pel, and thai Itobprt Knlwialo jiinr. Esq. John Chadwiek E«q. Richard Townley Esq.
Jimcs Hey, anil otluTs, be nijuosted to ouuuge and siiperinlend Ihe undertaking.

■ An.rnnl

Ornnrrp of iWanriftBtfr.

An.[no] 1720, Mr. Jolm Starkey^ gave 2001 tow.[arda] Augia.
[entation,] on condition of having the Right t<t Nominate a Curate,
wft waa granted.

S^H ^e Inhah.[itant8] have advanced 100', by Subacription, to- ^djnoi.
f^Sl. war<l8 a School, provided ys Ci[ueen] 'a Bounty be obtained
for y» Chap, [el,] an. [no] 1720, w*^"" has been since obtained.
The 100' is laid out in a Purchase, but y* Settlement is not yet
compleated.

fflfbnt by Mrs. Shepherd of Westm',* 120', to be laid out in Ct'iiilii<-
Land, for y" use of Six Poor women; [the] R€ct.[or] of
Bury, and [the] Vic,[ar] of Rachdalc, Trustees. Tlie Will bears
date an.[no] 1702; the money is in y* hands of Lady Emilia
Butler, Excrix, and y* Int.[ercBt] has been duly paid and disposed
of. An.[no] 1720.

Given to y« Poor of Spotland, by John Briarley, 5' p.[er] an.
[num,] to be distrib. [uted] in cloth or money, at y discretion of
his Trustees.

Nothing effectual Kerns to have bivn doDo until tlw jear 1TT&, wlicn tlie Chapel iriM
rebuilt at a oost of £226. Sa. lOH of which mun £60 had been bequeathed fur that
puTtoec bf the Will of John Stark; of Ilvjwood Hall Esq. dated 28th Sept. 1749,
provided the Chapel, then b bod ri-p""', •" ivbuilt and eoinplctclj finiBhed, bj coo-
tribuliotu or othcrwisi^ to the good-lildng of the Donor'a ddfat sou.

Owing to the iuoroase of population, and tho iniidcquacj of Church acco
iho foundation of a Urge aud handiouio Cbtirch *a« laid on Thuraday in EbbIut
Week, in the jeai 1B47, bj Jamc* Taylor of Todroordcn Hall Esq. ageucrous benofaiT-
tor. Thia Church, wheu Qniahcd, cjumot fail to eiarciie considerublo influence in im-
pforing the ErelcaiologinJ taste of thu Pariah; and it is to bo dmoutlj wiahed tlutl
the leol of the liberal aud ncelK'nt Incumbent "for the Houee of bis Ood and tbe
office* [boroof," may animste every Parishioner.

• On the death of James Starky Esq. in the year 1846, tbe Patronage beenmc rested
in his kinsmen, Joseph Luigtoii of Iiiverpool Esq. and the Bov. William Ilornby,
TieuofSl. Miuhaol'a.

* Nothing is known of this benefaetrosa. [Bee, howci-Br, Bmr, p. 3a.] Ifpr Will
is dated t lie 3d of Soptemhrr 1702, and she is described lis " Mary Shepherd of St.
JaniTit's, Weatminslur, GDUIlowomaii." Thu sum naa £t!Q, as originally boquvalhed
to Mrs. Dorothy Uoltc (of CasUolon Hall,) in Trust, to be cipcndud in lanil, for six

iioiitta Cfoinciiflia.

affdlJFJf,' about 90' p.[cr] an.[mnn,] of w'^ about
2'! Acrea, Glehc ; reserved Rent of 10 Cottages,
l'-ll»-8'', vr^ may he improved to -f ■ ll". [TheJ
Glebe sets for 33' p.[er] an.[iiura.]

S' Ralph Asheton of Middleton, Patron.''

poor troQim in VVhitworlb, in the ParLth of Rachdale in tbe oountj of Lsncutor,
" tliB MiiiiMcrs of Rachdalo und Btrry to bo Tniatees for tbe «»mo." She unmet her
siller, "Ann Cogliran, lier nepLeir, Jolio Beagrave, ber iiepbeiv, Stephen ArchboLd,
her niece, Mary Archbold the younger, and Welbore Ellia," Provod in Doctor*'
Commona, bj "Lady Amply Duller, 3d Dec. 1702."

> DedicHted lo St. Bartholomew F Value in 1834, £34G. Begiatfira begin in 1559.

At the Norman Sunej, RadcliiFe had been held bj Edward Ihe Confessor, and win
conferred upon Roger do Poictou ; and being aftervranls forfeited by him, remained
in the Crown until the reign of Stephen, nhen it was granted to Ranulpb 6e OemoDB,
Earl of Cheater. The RsdcliS'w vere located here anterior to the reign of Henry II.
and after filling some of tbe highest offlcn in the kingdom, through variona reignn, a
younger brani'h waa creiteil, by Writ of Summona, Baron Fitzwalter, in the year 1485 ;
and on failure of the direct mate line, Robert, son of John, Baron Fitjevalter, t\tv-
ceeded to thi« Manor in the year 1518, and, in the year 1629, vtas (Treated Earl of
SuBsei, and became K.G. The third Earl sold the Manor after the year 1556, to
Andrew Barton of Smithilla Esq. and dieil in the year 1683. It woa conveyed in
marriagn by Graee, daughter and hcireaa of Sir Thomas Barton, about Ihe year 1632,
to Henry Belhuyite, M.P. eldest son of Thomas, Viacount Fauconberg, and naa sold
by the first Earl, about the year 1733, to James Whalley of Sjjartb Esq. and Chris-
topher Baron of Oswaldwislc Qent. in equal moieties. Bainea states that the latter
moiety is still in Mr. Baron's Giniily, and that the former was purehssed by Thomas.
EhI of Wilton i whereas, in the year 1809, tbe whole belonged to Ihe Earl of Wil-
ton, tbe Manor being then described as co-eilensire with the Parish, and the Earl
entitled to all the Soil and Boyalties in the Commana of Ihe Manor. The Manor
ia now in the possession of hia Lordship's descendant, the Right Uon. lbs Earl of
Willon.

'In the year 1538, Robert, Earl of Sussex, presented Roherl Assheton, Acolyth,
to tbe Cbnrch of Radolyffu.

The AdTowaon pasaed from the Bartons lo the Asalietons of Middleton, by pur-
chase ; and the latter family presented to Ihe Living from the time of Queen
Eliiabeth, until it was conTEyed in marriage, in the year 1769, by Eleanor, younger
daughter and coheiress of Sir Ralph Assheton Bart, to Sir Thomas Egerton Bart,
erealed Baron Qteyde Wilton, TiaeonntOrey and Wilton, and Earl of Willon, in Ihe
year 1801, in whoae grandson, the Bight Hon. Ihe Earl of Wilton, it is now riuttd.

23tantri) of iiHtmti)tatti[.

159

An, [no] 1624, S' Rich.[ar(l] Ashetoa of Middleton [the] trne
Patron, I}isiit.[7tiion] B-laok,] 2, p. 105.

3 Church wardeus, [and] 2 Assist, [ants.]

[The] Pres.[ent] Church w. [ardeua] name eix for y* next year,
out of w"* [the] Rect.[or] chooses one, and [the] Inhab. [itante]

The Church ia a low pila of the era of Haury IV. with Bome remaina of higher
sntiquil;, although it does not occur in tho great Valor of Pope Nicholns, in the
year 1291. The ««ulh traniiept, or lu it ia eommonly called, the "aun Chapel," ia a
Chanti^ Chapel, which &oid the atylc of ita arcbilccture, appeam to have been faimdcd
about tho middle of the ftfteeath ccutury, at which time it naa not uouaual to throw
out Chantries in the form of trouieptd. A north tranaqit waa added in the year 1846,
tho aoiith porch i^moTod, and a west doorway opeued through tho Tower, AU
the Beata in the Nare aud trausepta were renewed of substantial old oak, and are now
&W1 lo the Pttriahioners. The Hwl, south, and north windowa of the Chancel were
filled with richly atained glasa ; the first being an obituary window in memory of
Tiiomas Hutehinaon Eaq. and the otbere being presented by a lady. The Chancel
walla have been faced with terra cotta, dispoeed in figured quarriea, and a reredoa, of
good design, luu bctm added. These judicLoua improTements have been effected under
the euperintendencc of the Bev. Nathauicl Milne, the Rector, at an expense unouutiug
to near £1,000, towards which sum he waa a liberal contributor.

Id remoTing sundry layera of paint from the Pulpit and desk, the fallowing datea
and initials were diacOTered, beautifully inkid in coloured wood. Od the first panel
of the Pulpit, is the year " 160S," nith a mulict heoeatb it; being the armorial cogni-
xaneo of the Asboton family. On the second panel, ia the Boar's Head eraaed, the
Crest of the Aahetons, and the initials S. B. A. [Sir Ricbwd Aiheton.] On the third
panel is the Aaheton mullet and the letlera

L. S.

P.
R. W.
probably denoting Leonard Shaw aud Robert Waliden, who were Beoton during
the altorationu made at the beginning of tho seventeenth century. On the fourth
panel, are the initials 1. I. with a mullet between them, [qu. Holte, Lad; Aaheton'a
muden name ;] and on the fifth, tho letters

T. H.

I, M.

being probably the initials of tho Churchwardens.

Tho Heading Deek appears to have been the g
Bector, from the iuitiala

: of Charles Beswicke M.A. the

and the date, 1665, atill remaining. As a border running round the upper part of the
Desk, u the following tMt, in old English letl«n; — "3IQ fHl twnlH ^(t i »|lllll

160

flotilla (TcstrifiiBiB.

y" other two ; but commonly y" 3 first of y= six who liave not

served arc admitted.
%H'l. [There is] one anticnt Seate or Hall, called Ratcliff-Tower.^

Srtoal. Mr. Gaskell of Manchester gave -f p[<3r] an. [num.] for teaching

20 poor Children ; but 'tis s^ this Legacy is to continue but 3 years

after his death, w^i" time is now almost expired, an. [no.] 1718.*

i. j^ eft by Mr. Gaskell, a Rent Charge of S'-IS'-OOJ p.[er] an.
^^^ [num,] to huy 72 yards of Linen Cloth for 45 poor People,
such as y* Min' shall think most want« it ; but by some mis-
management, there is now but 3' p.[er] an. [nam,] arising out of
all Lands given to this Charity.

Left lately by \Vill.[iam] Brown, a Scoteh Merchant, 100'; but
his Brother (who was Exec') Refuses to pay it, and 'tis feared is
gone off w"" y" effects, an.[no] 1718.

Left by Dr. Wroe, Warden of Mancb. [ester] in 1718, IQi, [the] ■
Int.[erest] to [be given to] y eldest Poor who arc at Church
upon Xtmas-day, [Certified by Henry Lister^ Rector, 13th April
1722.]

spcah bntD iTtitc, XUccitit inla Z-ijm Hjtant anD ^ait biilj Cbinc Cats. Ejthitl, iii.
ffifjap. 10 bmt."

The Tower of Iho Cliiirch was rebuilt in Ihe year 1GG5, as sppnira from thu inciBCil
lapiiJsry reeorii mntaiiiiug the onus of Boswicke uf Maucliesti-r, afturwards nud
DOW of Pike House, and t!io words "Carolua Bcewicko, Kector," itill romaiiiing

The PBrliameDtorj' CammiiiBionem found, in Ibu jear 1G50, that Raphe Aeheton
Esq. ]ire«unted Mr. Thomas Pj'ku B.A. lo tlio Snxtory, about aii jcan ago, and that
he remived Irom Olebe, £20 per BUDum) (rom Rents, 30ii, per annum; and from
Tithes, £28. lOi. per nnnum : and that ho was "well qualified." It was also diaeo-
vered that Colonel Aahctou had demesne lands b Kadi/lifle worth £160 per nunum,
and ;ct paid no Tithe for them. — Lamb. MSS. Tol. ii.

' Badclifib Tower, a monerial fortress which was in ciiateneo id the 13lh King
John, is mentioned in the 32d Edward III. ; and nos embattled, and probsblj re-
built, by Royal Lieouec, in the 4th Uonry IT. This castellated fortress in the year
1S33, was used as a hay-loft uid cow-shed, and Laa sinee beeu alniost onlirel; demo-
limbed. It has hcon well described, und nii interior view of it given by Dr. Wlul«l[er g
and Tew individuals were mure compctoul for the undertaking.

• Soe p. 91, Notu 3.

^F INDEX ^^^^^H

^^^ TO ^^^^^^^^^H

Aore'i Fiold, 58.

Angier, Mr. John, of Denton, 85 ; hU ^^^^^H

Adam*, George, Esq. 79.

AdlingtoD, 41.

wald Moaley Esq. 93. ^^^^^H

Agesroft Hall, 50, 107.
Ainiworth, 99, 105.

An|leul^,20r21. ^^^^H

Angus, Umfravill, Earl of, G. ^^^^^H

Aiaaworth, Richard, of Uolliwell, 39.

Albemarle, Earl of, 36.

Anson, G. U. Groville, Incumbent of ^^^^^^H

Albemarle, Monk, Duko of, 36.

^^^H

Aldhalm, Alward de, and Alicia, 1 15.

Anion, Sir John W. U., 79, SO. ^^^^^H

Aldport. 58.

Anion, Sir William, Bart. 79. ^^^^^H

Aleiuder, John, 76.

Archbold, Marv, the vounger, 15S. ^^^^^|

Alexander, John, of Manchester, and his

Archbold, Stephen, IS6. ^^^^H

wife, Johanna, 121.

Alkrineton, 106, 109.
Alkrinxton Hall, 110.
Allen, John, of Mayfield, 49.

Ardeme, John, 89. ^^^^^1

Ardeme, Misi, SS. ^^^^^^^^M

Ardwicka, t«o, 66. ^^^^^^H

Aiheton, Rev. Abdj, 102. ^^^^^H

Allen, Mr. luac, 38, 107, 109.

Ashoton, Ann, wife of Edmund Ashoton ^^^^^^H

of Clisdderton, US. ^^^^^H

AUton, Sir Edward, M. D. and hii

^^^H

72. * '

Alt, WUliam, 28.

108, 113, 116, 120, 140. ^^^^^H

Altarase at Bolton, 7.

Asheton, Elizabeth, wife of Edmund ^^^^^H

Altedge, t
Altbili, 4, 114.

Haworth, ^^^^^H

Aiheton, Janiea, 108, 116. ^^^^^H

AttW., 4.

Raphe, wife of Thomaa Liator, 1 IS. ^^^^^H

Aiuoundeniesi, 64.

Aibeton, Mr., Itector and Patron of ^^^^^H

Ancoatg U.ll, 67.

Preatwich, 107, IDS, 111, 114, 119, 120; ^^^^^H

AndertoD,20.41.

Andertou, Christopher, of Lo.tock, 7, 13,

S. Gey, lOS ; his daughtera and co- ^^^^^1
heiressea, Catherine and Dorothy, 108. ^^^^^M

47.

AnJerton, Jamea, Eaq. 8, 17.

Asheton, Hichard, 10.?. ^^^^^M

AndBrton, Joha, 65.

Asheton, Wiliiam, of Clcgg Hall, and ^^^^^H

Anderton, Laurence, 13.

AiidortoB, Mr. 8, 16, 4fi.

Ann ^^^^H

Auderton, Mr. of Lortock,37.

Aahhurat, Sir William, ridiculed bv ^^^^^H

Anderton, Sir Francii, Bart. 13, 47, 48.

^^^^H

Anderton, Sir James, 4G.

Anderton, Sir Laurence, 47.

^^^^H

Anderton, Thomaa, and hia niter, 19.

^^^^^^H

Andleiargh, 20.

Ashton, cbapel of, 3 ; churi:h of, 3. ^^^^H

Andrews, John, and Jane hia wife, 19.

AshtOD-UDder-Line, t, 4 ; the manor of, ^^^^^H

AndTBwa, Mr. John, 20.

^^^^H

Andrew*, Hohort,E»q. 19,21.
Andniwi, William, of Twywell, 19.

Aahworth, !I9, ^^^^^M

Ashwortb Cbappoll, 34, 103, 104. ^^^^H

.

1

^^^H ^^f^^^^^^H

^^^H ABhwoith, manor of, tU3. i Ajtoun, Uotter, of Chorlton Hkll^Ei^t^^^^H

^^^H ABhwonli,8irElliB,orSa<ldlBWOHti,144.

^^^H AuhBwe, Alicia, 19.

^^^^H Auhawe, Ann, (Alice.) Roger, and Lau-

84, 88,

Bacon, Nathan, 28.

^^^K

BagBhaw, Adam, nf WormhJII, in tbe

^^^^H Aaabawe, Ann, daughter of ThomoE, aud
^^^H wifeofSir J(<hnl(adclifrc,3r>.

county of Derbv, and Margaret his

wife, 30, 116.

^^^^^H Auhawe, Ann, wife of James Fcildine,

Bagilate, 31.

^^^1

B^loj, Alexander, 72.

^^^H Auhawe, John and Richard,21.

Bagulej, Richard, 72.

^^^H Elizabeth, 66.

BttgTiley, Robert, of Newton, 80.

^^^^B AsBhawe, Thomas, Esq. 2 1 .

Bagiilay, William, 72, 73, 78, 118.
7, 4S ; corrected, 28, 34, 49, 52, 63, 56,

^^^H AsBheton, Colonel, 160.

^^^^H AsBheton, Edward, rector of Middleton,

^^^1

9fi, 116, 122, 126, 127, 130, 131.

^^^^H AsBheton, Geoffroj, third son of Bir

^^^^H ThoniM,

^^^^H AsBheton, Marr, daughter of Sir Raphe,
^^^H Assheton, Milea, Gent. 5.

Bamford, name of, auumed by Robert

Henbeth, 29.
Bamford, Alexander de, 29.

Bamford, Ann, 29.

Bamford Hall, 29.

^^^H Auheton, Raphe, Eaq. SO, SI, 97, 98,

Bamford, John, chaplain, 59.

Bamford, John, of Orfoni, Esq. and

^^H ]0S,I16.

Catherine his wife, 108.

^^^H

Bamford, Sir John, 60, 61,

^^^H AsBheton, Sir John, 3, 9?.

Bamford, Sir Thomas, 61.

Bamford, the estate sold to Mr. Joseph

^^^1 97.115,168.

Fenton, 29.

^^^H Auheton, Sir Richard, of Middleton,

Bamfard, Thomas de, 29.

^^^H 169 ; and Richard hii eon, SO, 9G.

Bamford, Tithes of, 34.

Bamford, William, 69, 130.

Bamford, WiUiam, Eaq. son and heir of

^^^H Auheton, 'William, DD. some accoimt

Samuel, 11

^^^1

Bamford, William, Esq. and Mai^ret,

^^^^ Auheton, William, rector of Middleton,

daughter of Edward Davenport Esq,
Bamford, William, of Tarlton Bridge,

1 from Orm examined, 3, 66.

and Ann, daughter of Thomas BiaeL-

1 ABsheton's Journal referred to, 29, 10(1.

bume of Hale Esq. 29.
Bonks, Rev. James, lioctor of Bury, 31 .
I^rcroft, William, of Barcroft, 136;

1 Auhewortb, Matilda, 103.

1 Auheworth, Robert and Stephen, 103.

Bardesley, Edmund, 62.
Baret, Eliiabeth, 59.

^ Astle;, 64.

^^^^_ Alton, Hugh, Q9.

Barlow, Edward, 76.

^^^^L Atb erton, 64 .

Barlow Hall, 67.

^^^H Atherten, M iu, of KerBall Cell, G9.

Darlow, John, Gent., 76.

Barlow, ]lichard, of Bury, Gent. 33.
Barlow, Sir Robert de, 69.

^^^^H AvneBworth, Gilei, 106.

Barlow, Thomas, Esq. 69.

^^^H AyneBworth, John de, 105.

^^^^H AfnawortU, Robert, 66.

Barton, Agnes, 95.

^^^^H AyoBworth, Simon, of London, Gent. 65.

IlartoQ, A|me», relict of Sir John de. 96

1 — J

B_ . . ^

Btrt(in,S),A2.

Barton, Edith dc, 46, 50.

Buton, Grace, daughter and beireas of
Sir Thomu, 39, 150.

Barton, Gilbert de, 46, 43; Agnea, his
daughter and heireu, 46.

Barton Hall, 50.

Barton, John dc, and Matilda, 07.

Barton, Jolin, of Smithills, 96 ; Cecilia
KadcliflTe hii wife, 96.

BartoD Margery, daughter of Richard,
wife of Sir Raphe Auheton, 97.

Barton, Ralph, of Holme, 39.

Barton, Sir Andrew, 39, 9S, 153.

Barton, Thur«ton, aon of Andrew, 62.

Barton township, 46, 47.

Bartoni of Smithills, !).

BoTTii, Rev. Cuthbert, 12fi.

Baanett, Ker. R. S.1.

Bath, Robert, Vicor of Rochdale, 103.

Baxenden, 33.

Bajlev. Jamea, of Manchester, 6.

Beancliffe Hall, 49.

Bedford, 16,64.

Beetham, 48.

Beigliton, Joseph, 145.

Beke, Thomas, 65.

Bolasjao, Henrr, M.P. 31): Grace hia
wife, 3.4.

Belfeld, Abmham, oni] his irife Deboroh
Radclifie, I3(>.

Belfeld, Adam de, 142.

Belfeld, Bernard, 140.

Belfeld, John, and Iiu wife Margaret
Holte, 136.

Belfeld, John, of Emanuel College, Cam-
bridge, and his wife Elisabeth Darcroft
of Itercroft, ofterwardg wife of John
Halliwell of Pibo House, i:i6.

Belfeld, Ralph, 140,143.

Belfeld, Thomoa, and hia wife, EliEabeth
Parker of Eitwisle, 136.

Belfeld, Thomaa, of Cfleggswood, 136.

BclGeld Hall, some account of, 142:
Portraita of the Butterworths, 142.

Bell, William Greavea lleaupr^, Esq,
1«, 144.

Bellannjne'a Worka, 11.

Bellia, Sarah, daughter of the Rev. Ro-
bert, 31.

Benson, Mr, Riclurd, Curote of Chorl-

Bent 'Ual'l, in Oldham, 113, 111!.
Bentwood, .'II.
Bernr, Ralph, 35.
Beiwirke, Alexander, 65,

Beawicko Bttdtnett quoted, 6S, 74.
Beawieke, Hugh, and Joan, widow, 69.
Beawieke, John, 31, 31 .
Beswicke, John and Hannah, 70.
Beawieke, Rev. Charlea, Reotor of Rad-

cliffe, 169, 160 ; Silence, hia wife, 121.
Beswicke, Robert, of Pike House, E^.

137.
Beswicke, Major John, 138.
Beswicke, John HalliweU, 133.
Bethom, Church of, 43.
Bexwicko Bridge, 65.
Berwieke, Eliiabeth,61.
Bexwicke, John, jun. Chaplain, 63.
Bexwicke, Richard, of Manchester, 60.
Bexwicke, Richard, sen., merchant, and

Elizabetli his daughter, wife of Italph

Huhne of Halme, GO.
Bexwicke, Richard, ion of Roger,!

■h, 67, 79, SO.
Birch, Matthew de, SO.
Birch, Mr. 79.
Birrh, Saroael, of UodarwDod, Gent, and

Ann hia wife, 1.18.
Birctienlej, near Rochdale, 35.
Biicle cam Bamford new Church, 99.
Biron, John, 60.
Blackburn, Mrs. 16.
Blockbumc, 47, 64.
Blarkbume, Anna, daogbter of Thomu

BUckhume of Hale Esq. wife of Wil-
liam Bamford, 29.
BUckhume, Mr^ Curate of Rivington,

21, Rector of Prestwich, 109.
Blockroad Chantry, 16.
Blockroad Free School, 17.
Blackroad Grammar School, 16.
Blockrod, II, 15,20.
Blaekrvde Chapel, 16.
Blackwood, alios Blaekrod, 7.
Blakeley, 66, 80.
Illakeroilo. Hugh de, 10.
Bhind, Ladv, 66, 87, 88.
Bland, Lady, daughter of Sir Edward

Mosley, 69, 77.
Blond, Mri. Alice, 24.
Bland, Sir John, 68, 86.
Bloadale, James, 102.
Bliindell, Henry, Ew). 13, 41 ; Catherina

and Eliiabeth, his daughters, 41 ;

Charles Robert, hi* ton, 41.

^^^H ^^^^H^^^H

^^H BluodeU, Mr. of Ince Blundell, 13.

Bonlton, 9. |

^^^B Bold, FranciB, G«nt. 133.

Bower, Anne, S2.

^^^H Bulling faniil7, 8.

Bower, Marv, wife of John Moss, 6.

^^H Bolton,

Bowes, Sir Martin, Knt. and Johannft

^^^H Bolton, Great, 11.

his daufchter, 40.

^^^m Bolton in te Moon. 6, 23, 25.

Brackler, VJBCount, and Earl of Elles-

^^^H Bolton l» Moon, CImrch of, 7.

me™,51.

^^^^H Bolton, Little, tithes in, given to All

BraddjU, John, of Whalley, 3fi.

^^^^1 Saints' Chapel, 6.

Bradford, 6B, 90.

^^^M Bolton, Little, Hall, 12.

Bradford, Earl of, 12, .19, 99.

^^^H Bolton, Hiclmrd de. 6.

Bradford, Sir Thomas, 60.

^^^H Bolton, Richard, Esq. 12.
^^^H Bolton, Robert, of Kenlej, 118.

Bradford, William, 60.

Bradshaw, 17, 2b.

^^^^1 Bolton, Roger de, 6.

Bradehaw Chapel, IS.

^^^^m Bolton, Parish, thirty miles in circum-

Bradsliaw, Dr. Henry, 18.

^^^^^H

Bradshaw, Elias de, Esq. 17.

^^^H Bolton n^ion Swale, !l.

^^^V Booth, Dame Elizabeth, 5.

BnulBbaw, Henry de, IT, 18.

^^^ Booth, Ellen, 49.

Bradshaw, Henrv, of Marple Hall, IT.

■' Booth, George, son of Richard and his
wife Dorothy, 31.
Booth Hall, 29, 31.

Brsdshaw, James, 1.1.

Brad^baw, James Edward, ID.

Bradsbaw, John, assumed tbe name of

Greaves, 12.

der of Salford Chapel, 92. 93, 96.

Bradahaw, John, of Darcy Lover, 10, 13.

Booth, HumphreT, of SalTord, 94 ; his

Bradsbaw, Lanrence, 66.

two daughters, 94.

Bradshaw, Mary, 17.

1 Booth, Hiimphrej, the elder, Gent. 92.

Bnidshaw, Mr. of Worsley, 69.

Booth, John, of Barton, and hie four

Bradehaw, Mr. Thomas, minister of Lit-

daaghten, 46.

tleborouih. 134.
Brad«haw Peter, minUtor of Cocltoy, 105.

Bootli,Jnlm,ofBooth,and his wife Alice,

31.

Bradshaw, Preiident, bis letter on Old-

Booth, John, son of Thomas de, 64.
Booth, Mrs. Ann, widow, 92.

ham and Shaw Chapels, 1211.

Bradxliaw, Rawethome, and Dorothy his

Booth, Riohard, of Booth, 3S.
Booth, Sir George, 4.

wife, 18.

Bradshaw, Richard, of Pennington, Esq.

Booth, Sir Robert, son of Robert, 94.

Booth, Sir Robert Gore. 92.

Bradshaw, Thomas, Esq. and Eliiabeth

Booth, Sir William, of Bonhan] Massey,

his wife, 18.

3.

Booth, Susan, wife of Robert, and

Bradshaw, Thomas, seventh son of John

daughter of Sir II. Oienden Bart. 94.

Bradshaw of Bradshaw, Esq. 30.

Booth, Thomas de, 4S.

Booths Hall, r>n.

heiress of Henry de, 29.

Booths Town, 51.

Bray, Dr. 8.

Oldham, 120.

Bray. Edward, 65.

Brearley, John, of Rochdale, 157.

Bothe, John del, GO.

Breres, Mr. Wilham, 20.

of York, and Chancellor of England,
48; vindicated, 48.
Bothe, Richard, Esq. 4S.

Breres, Thomas, 20.

Brereton, Right Worshipfol Richard,
Brertton, Sir Hielmrd.and Joan his wife.

Bothe, William, Bisliop of Coventry and

51.

Lichfield, 4S.

Brereton, Sir Riclmrd. and Dorothy his

Boughlon. near Chester, 3.1. wife, 03. ■

Bretton, Monk, St. Mu? Magdalen of,

Bridgfsnua, Bishop, 20,21, 62, SO, 94, 93,

97, H9.
Bridgeman, Hent?, 13, 99.
Bridgeman, Lord Keeper, S.
Bridgemui, Sir John, S. II, 12.
BridsemaD, Sir OrUnda, 7, 12.
BridgemiLa'a Chapel, in Bolton Cburcli,

7 ; nnd Great Lever, 97, 99.
Bri dgVH-nter, Duke of. S.'S, GS.
Brid^BWater, Farl of, M.
Bridgenater, Francis, Duke of, 37, 61.
Bridgewater, .lohn, tliird Earl of, 64.
Briefiec, Viscount and Baron of, 12.
Brierley, Mr. of Prertwicb, 103.
Brigbtmeade, US.
Brinaop, 39.
Briscoe, Mr. Michael, llirilter oTTarton,

23, and of Walmsley, Sb'.

BniadhuHt, 19.

Broadhurat, John, 22.

Brocbbolea, Sir fieoffrey, and Margery

liis daughter, 1011 ; Lleauor his wife.

Brooke, Peter, B.

Brooke, Ellis, 42.

Brooke, William and Edmund, 65.

Brookes, Rev. James, lf;2.

Broome, William, of Didabury, 87.

Broughton, 66,

Brawn, I'Mward, I-Uq. 4.

Brawn, .lames, of Ilibbleton, 46.

Brown, Joshua, (lent. 76.

Browne, Gerard, IS.

Browne, Tliomas, 38.

Brownlow, Laurence, IS.

Brawnaworde, Richard, of Manchester,

62.
Buccloueh, Dnke of, 36.
Buck, Robert, of Ageeroft, Esq. fi2.
Buckingbam, Unmphrey, Duke of, and

Lady Anne Ills wife, 123.
Backler*! VUki of Endovtd SchooU,

72.
Buckley, Ann, daugUter and heiress of

Thomas, 128.
Buckley, Edward, Esq. 126.
Bnekle]', Gilbert, 140.

Buckley, Geoffrey, 126, 132.
Buckley Hall, 126.

Buckley.Jar

Buckley, Lo

114, 140.
Buckley, Michael M.D. 13S; Ann bis

wife, 13S.
Bucklev, Thomas, Esq. 126, 13S.
Buckley, WJIlUm, Esq. 126.
Bucklevs, some account of the, 126.
Buersoll, George, 96.
Bunbury, 3S.

Quraess, James, of Manchester, 73.
Bune Church, 34.
Bumed~n, Burnish, 66, S8, 131.
Burnet, Bishop, 32.
Burnley School, lUl.
BurscoQgli, founder of, 3.
Burseough, monastery of, G5, 66.
Bury, 27, 29.
Bury, Adam de, 27, 33.
Bury, Henry, de, 27.
Bun, Henry, fonnds a cihool at Bury,

30, 31 ; rrfounded by the Rev. Itoger

Kay, M.A. 31.
Bury, Lecture on Market day, 2S.
Burr, Sir Adam de, 2.'!.
Butler, Lady Amelv, IM.
Butler, Lady Emilia, 167.
Butterworth, Alexander and Margaret,

123.
Butterworth, Alexander, Esq. 123, 140,

142, 143, ISO.
Buttenrortb, Bernard and Aencs, 123.
Iluttervortb, Edmund, of Windybank,

127.
Butterwortli, Edward, senr. and Robert

his I

u, 14(1

Butterworth, Edward, son of Evan, 140.
Butterworth, Geolfrev, son of Thomas

de, 139.
Butterworth Hall, 144.
Butterworth, IleoTT de, 139.
Butterworth, Joseph, ^^.r•. 143.
Butterworth, Richard, iW.
Butterworth, Robert, of Hatgh, 139.
Butterworth, Roger^ 106, 14(1.
Butterworth, Sir Randal, of Belfield,

123.
Butterworth, township, 124, 139.
Byrom, Adam, of Salford, 96.
Byrom, Major John, 95.
Byrom, of Manchester, 39, 69.
Byrom, Sir John, Patron of a Chantry

at Eecica, 49.
Byron, (ieofft«y de, Clerk, 46.

^^^H ^H

^^^H Byron, George Gordon, Lord, 132.

Chadwick, John, de Heley, 129.

^^^H BjTOo, Jolin, E»q. 80, 88.

Chadwick, John, Gent. 0.

^^^M BT^n, John, Knt. 4S, GH, 69, BO, »7, 114,

Chadwirh, John, eon of Jordan and Alice

^^^m 130, 131, 139, 143, 144, 14S.

his wife,of Iloaley, 129.

^^^B Bttoh, Mu^aret, daQghtir of Sir John,

Chadwick, Jonathan, M.D. and liu wife

^^^1 «ifo of Sir John Auheton, 97.

Alary Chetham, 129.

^^^m Byron, Nicholsa, Esq. 139.

Chadu^ck, Mrs. Sarah, 129.

^^^1 Byron, Richsrd, 1 39.

Chadwick, Nicholaa de, 129.

^^^1 DjTon, Riflluird, aeeond Lord, 114.

Chadwick, Oliver, 129.

^^^B BjTon, Robert do, >nd Cecilia hia wife,

Chadwick, Rev. John, M.A. S.

^^H

Chadwick, Itobert, 129.

^^^H Byron, Sir John, and Dame Johan y>

Chadwick, Thomas, 102, 123.

^^H

Chadwicks, some account of the, 129.

Chaloner, Jarac«, Chaplmn, fi9.
Chamber Halljn Oldham. 113, 115.
Chantroj, Sir Francis, 9.

^^^1 Calamy cUinu a Confonniit Minister, 21 ;

^^^H statement corrected, 103.

Chapels do not qimlify Chaplains, 104.

^^^H Calev, John, Eaq. F.S.A. 140.
^^^H Cambridge, Master and Sonior Fellows
^^^H of St. John'a Collie, elect the Muter
^^^H of RivinRon School, 22.
^^^H Camden, 13, 2S, 64, lOQ.

Chappell Wages, 24 ; an ancient jilinise,

134; still used, 134.

Cliarity Commissioners" nineteenth Re-

port corrected, 26 ; elucidated, 41 ;

quoted, 44.

^^^V Camoyi, Lord, 41.

■^^" Caropbell'i, Lord, Livtt of th« Chanctl-

Chester, Bishop of, 77 ; his Jet BoiA t
quoted, 106, 120.

V tort, corrected, 48, 88.

Chester, Brian, Bishop of, 2H.

I Carlile family, 8.

Cheater, Cuthbert, Bishop of, 112,
Cheater, Ranulph, Earl of, 6 ; Agnes his

aister and cuheirass, 6.

■ Cartmal, Deanery of, 64.

■ Carlwright, Biihop, 18.

^^^^m Cartwright, FronBU, 76.

Cheaterfield, in the county of Derby, 69.

^^^^K Cau, Ker. Tliomiu, and hia wife Anne,

Chetham, 6B.

^^^H daughter and eohoirei* of Oiwald
^^^H Motley, Esq. 93, 94.
^^^H Caatleton nail, 126, 127.

Chetham, Abigail, 22, 23, 26.

Chetham, Adam, a benefactor to Black-

ley, SI, 83.

Chetham, Edward, Esq. 24, 90, 127 ;
Alice, hia sister, 24.

^^^H Chadderton, 112,

^^^^H Chadderton, Biihop, 79.

^^^f Chadderton Hall, 112, 113.

Newton, 91.

^^^^" Chadderton, in Tottington, 32.

Chetham, Garvase, 25.

V Chadderton, Margaret, wife of John do

Chetham, Goorge, of Turton, Gent. 7,
14,25,121 ; Humphrcyand Elisabeth,

■ Hadcliff'e, 1)3.

■ Chaddocke, Thoraae, Curato of Ellen-

children, 121.

■ brook, 54.

Chetham, Humphrey, of Clayton, Gent,

■ ChadortoD, Gooi^, 111).

■ Chaderton, George, and Mary his wife,

ton, 23 ; obtains Che dismissal of the

1 116.

Curate of Turton, 26 ; buys Clayton

■ Chaderton, Lanrence, D.D. 116.

Park, 68 ; founds an Hospital, &c. in

I Chaderton, Thomai, and Mary liie wife,

74. ' '

■ Chaderton, Thomas, of Lees Uall, and

I Joan bi« wife, 116.

Esq. 34.

L Chadwick, Charlei, Etq. 129.
^^^^ Chadwick, Colonel John, 129; rebailt

Chetham, James, of Crurapsall, 69.

Chetham, James, of Nuthurat, 80.

^^^K Healey Hal], 129, 166.

Chetham, James, of Smedley, 136.

^^^B Chadwick, Dr. 126.

Chetham, James, of Turton, an original

^^^H Chadwick Hall, 31, 125.

Trustee of Captain llulmc, 72.

^^^H^ Chadwiek, Hugo Halnyiin, 129.

Chetham, Margaret, danghter of Jamei,

^^F of NuthnrHt, wife of Riebard Uolt,

Clifton, 62. ^^^^1

^H

Hall, 60. ^^^^H

^H Chi^tham. Mr. of CiutlotoD, 23, 25, IGI.

Clive, Richard, Esq. 31. ^^^^H
Clive, Robert, Lord, 31 . ^^^^^H

^^M Chctham, Mn. 15, 135 ; & benefactor to

^^M LittlcborougU, 135.

^^^^H

^^M Chetham, Robert, 65.

Clough, Mr. Thomas, Cnrate of Bury, ^^^^^H

^^M Chetham, Suniiel, E«q. 23 ; Bishop Gm-

^^^^H

^^M trell uid tbe Vicar of Bolton code the

Clowes, Colonel, of Bi^ughton flail, 4!). ^^^^H
Cleaves, Samuel, of Manclester, Esq. and ^^^^H

P' 23 ; his eliaracter, 24 ; supports a

Martha his wife, 51. ^^^^^H

' 8«hool at Turtoti, 25 ; in London, 26 ;

Cockey Chapel, 14, 104, 105. ^^^^^H

his marriage, 128 ; enlarges Castleton

Cocksy, tbe Coecium of Antoninui, 100. ^^^^^H

Hall, 127 ; endows Milnrow Chapel,

Cookley, lOS. ^^^^^H
Coke, Lord Chief .lustice, 67 ; Clement ^^^^H

142; llumphroj Chotham hig brother,

and hoir, augments the Living and

his son, and Sarah R<tddi<ih his wife, ^^^^^H

School of Turton, 24, 127 ; a benu-

^^^^H

factor to Littleborough, 135.

Coke, T. W. of Holkbam, 67, 107. ^^^^^H

Cbetham's Hospital, fonnerl; the Collo-

Cokersand Abbey, 45, 106. ^^^^^H

giato House, 63.
Ciaidwall, 7.

^^^^H

Co e, Rer. William, of Milton, 144. ^^^^^H

Ciholmley, Sir Henry, of Whitby AbbBv.

Co e-s MSS. ^^^^^1

and his daughter Hary, 4.
Chorllon, 66, §3.

Co emine, Henry, Lord, 72. ^^^^H

Co lege of Arms, 30, 102, 105, 116, 120, ^^^^^H

Chorlton and Hardj-, 83.

^^^^M

Chorlton Hall, 63.

Co linge, Mr. James, 100. ^^^^^H

Chorlton, Mrs. Mary, 76.

Co lini, James, of Knaresborough, Gent. ^^^^^H

Chorlton Row, 67.

^^^^H

Church dole, 7.

Co lint's BaTontlagi quoted, 3. ^^^^^H
Colstone, Francis, of St. Andrews, IIol- ^^^^^H

Churton'i, Archdeacon, Li/« of Dtan

No-u,eU, 102.

^^^^H

Colwyeh,IIumfry, 65. ^^^^H

charities, 75.

Clarke, Edward Hjde, Esq. SB.

Comyn, Mary, widow, ^^^^^H

Clnrlie, George, Etq. and bis wife Anne,
Claughton, Rector of, 8.

Uldham, and Dr. Lake, 113. ^^^^^H

Cbyton, Cecilia, wife of Robert do Byron,

Coake,Janies,47. ^^^^^H

68.

Cooke, John, of Salford, Gent. 47. ^^^^^H

Clayton Hall, 67. 74.

(;oDke, Susanna Dorothea, 47. ^^^^^H

CUytoii, Mr. Thomai, Minister of Dids-

Coppull, 54. ^^^^^H

bnry, 86.

Coptrod,3l. ^^^^H

Clayton Park, 68.

Cotes, Dr. Bishop of Chester, 39. ^^^^^H

aogg, Demulph de, and Qoenildo, 143.

Clcgg, Groat, 143.

C egg, Little, 143.

CoMeJu,T Book of WbalUy Abhn, 37, 39, ^^^^H

V Bgg, Mr. John, 143.

C ogg, Richard, Vicar of Kirkham, 153.

46,47,122,143,144. ^^^^^H

Conpland, Deanery of, 64. ^^^^^H

C egge, John, Chaplain, 140.

Cowpe cum Lenche, 29. ^^^^H

Ceg|.wood,136.

Crahtree, Af r.,Curate of Todmordon, ISO. ^^^^H

C oworth Hall, in Tildesley, 62.

Cloydon, Robert, Gent, and his daugh-

tones of Whalley, BUckhum, and ^^^^H

Rochdale, 130 ; an account of tbem, ^^^^H

Ceoilia, and Margaret, 5.

^^^^M

Cloydon, Thomas do, 5.

Cliffe, Master Robert, Warden of Man-

Crawford and Balearres, Earl of, 15. ^^^^^M

Croft, in Winwiek. 3«. ^^^^H

a cheKer,62. ^^^H

VIU IM

Crompton, Atrigfsil, wife of Oliver Ue;-

CniinpWii, Alice, wifuafVicsr Gregg, 1-1.
Crompton, Dr. Hslph, 38, 40.

CroniptoD, Ellia, 16.

Crompton, Etlie, of Dsicj Lever, 10.

Cromptun Hall, 113,114.

Crompton, llEnry, 65.

Croinpton, Hugh do, bod cf Simon de In
Legli, 114.

Crompton, Jnmei, 36, 105.

Crompton. .Tames, of Breightmet, 10, 14.

Crompton, .Tohn, 65, 105.

Crompton, Joshua, of Old Hall, in Pil-
kington, 110.

Crompton, Katherine, relict of Elli>, fiS.

Crompton, Mary, wife of John Okej, 14.

Crompton, Ralph and James, 41.

Crompton, Boger and Lionel, 65.

Crompton, Samuel, 12.

Crompton, Sarah, wifo of Vicar Good-
win, 14.

Crompton, liiter of Thomas Nnttall, 30.

Crompton, Thomas, 65, 105.

Crompton township, 112,

Crompton, Williatn, 65,

Crook, Mr. of Abraw, 45.

CroBlegh, John del, 152,

Croslej, Anthony, 161,

Crosley, Richard, 151.

CroMbank, 4.

Croaw, Mr. 26.

Crossley, Anthony, 150.

Crowley, John, 150.

Crouley, Jolin, of Scaitcliffe, Eio. 146,
153.

Crouchback, Edmund, Earl of Lancaster,

Croxton, William, Esq. and Sarah hia

daughter, 6,
Crumpsall, 6fl, 74, 76.
Cudworth Chapel, in Oldhara Church,

113.
Cudworth, Geoffrey, 115,
Cadworth, John, of Cudworth, 1 15.
Cudworth, John, of Wemeth, Oent, 80,

113.
Cudworth, John, son of Margery, 111,
Cudworth, Juehua, Gent. 112, 115.
Cudworth, Ralph, D.D. 115,
Cudworth, Ralph, Gent, and Agnea Lees

his wife, 115.
Cuerden, John, of Coerden, and Mary

his daughter, wife of George Cbkdar-

tonof Lees, 116.
CulcUeth Byron, 6!).
Culchetli Hall. 67.
Cuthbertaon, Robert, 95,
Cutlane, 31.

Date, Mr. Joseph, Minister of Birch and

Cliorlton, S3.
Danbj, John, Gent. 65.
Darwell, James, of Barton upon Irwell,

Esq. 87.
Darwell, Thomas, Esq, 67.
D'Aubign^, Dr. Merle, 16.
Davenport, James, Esq, and hia wife

Sarali, lieter of Humphrey Booth, 94.
Davy, David, Minister of Gorton, 89.
Davyhulme, 52.
Davyhulme Hall, 49,
Dawes, arms of, 9.
Dawes, fttatthew, Esq. 6.
Dawes, Matthew Corr, and EliEabeth, 9.
Dawes, Sir William, Bishop of Chester,

150.
Dawson, Jonathan, of Alancheiter, 81.
Deacon, Dr. Thomas, 78.
Dean, 37 ; a Chapetiy in Ecclo Parish,

37 ; afterwards indopendent, 37 ; the

Dearden, James, F.S.A. 122, 123, 136.

Dearden, John, and his wife Jane Ing-
ham, 136.

Decanus DecanatQs do Mamceetr. Dom.
G. I.

Dene, John, son of William de la, 147.

Dene, Thomas, and William hU sun, 47.

Denton, 84, 85, 66.

Derby, Charlotte, Countess of, 28 ; her
anna and aignaturo, 28,

Derby Crest in Bolton Church, 9.

Derby, Edward, Earl of, 63, 137,

Derby, James, Earl of, 28.

Derby, Thomai, Earl of, (1. 27, <Hj 1 10.

karlof,
), late Lord Strange, 61.
am de Ferrers, Earl of, 56.
Derby, William, Earl of, 1

Derby, Thomas, late and prei
and George, late Lord Stn
Derby, Williani

Derb/s, Lorf, Award, S
Derby's, Lord, land, 38, 111.
Dethick, Humphrey, of Longford, 67.
Deyne Hall, in Frestwich, 109,
Deyne, the, 109.
Diokanson, Thomas, 95,

And heireiSiWifB of Sir Willism Amon,
79.

Diakenson, trfikli, 84.

Uickoiuon, William Cimrchill, 84.

Dickimon, Alice, alias ttogertoti, 10.

Dickinion, Lecturer of Bolton, i).

Did<biiry, 66, 86 ; antiquity of tha Cha-
pel, 86.

Di^le, John, 28.

DisgUi, Mr.John,77.

DixuD, Mr. Joshuk, Minister of Riving-
ton, 20, 73 ; and of Ringle;, US.

Dopping, Trael.da VUitat. ae Epiae.2.

Downo and Musley, 47

Downes, Hoj""~ "" "
of Biabari ,

Drink water, Peter, of Irwell Hoiue, 107.

Drink water, William, 76.

Droyliiden, 6(i, SO.

Dncanl'a Rsprrlorv quoted, 38, 47-

Ducie, Lord, 68.

Ducie, Tbomaa, Lord, 75.

DuckeiiSold, Sir Charles, 5.

Duckenfield John, of Duckenfield, 5.

Dugard, Kbv, George, of Birch, 79.

Dugdale'a MonaiUcou, 9 62, 121 .

Dngdkle'B Viailalion of laiwtithirt, 72.

DuiDplingtoD, 52.

DumplintoQ, William de. Vicar of Hocli'
dale, 1.

Dnnater, Dr. Samuel, V'icarof Rochdale,
some account of him, 124 ; his 9on
Charles, 126 ; a benefactor to Littla-
borough, \'J5.

Duniter, EUzabetli, 126.

DunsCcr, Maiy. 126.

Duniter, Tbonuu, 12JI.

Eatonfield, 33, 36.

Eccles, 37, 4fl, 47, 62.

Eenlea, Chantry of St. Hwy in the
Church of, 48.

Ecton'g Thttaunu, quoted, 3, 46.

Edonfield, 29, 33.

Edenfield Chapel and boundaries, 36.

Edenaor, Richard, of Congleton, Gent.
47.

Edge, Mr. Richard, 40.

Edgworth, 11, 24, 2JS.

Egerton, Dorothy, daughter of Sir Rich-
ard Egerton of Tatton, SI, S3.

Egerton, Lord Francia, 51 ; hii honours
and oulogj, 61.

EX. IX

Egerton, John, 66.

Egerton, Sir John, B»rt. and Eliiabeth

HoiUnd, hii wife, 84, 85, 109,
Egerton, Mrs. of Shaw, 66.
Egerton, Mr. of Shaw, 67.
Egerton, Peter, 55.
Egerton, Sir Ralpii,
Egerton, Richard, 6C
Egerton, Samuel, of Tatton Park, Esq.

103.
Egerton, Sir TbomaB, afterwards Chan-

cettur, 51.
Egertou, Sir William, of Wadley, 54.
Egerton, Wilbraham, Esq. 68, 69, 88,

103.
Eland, John de, 121, 122.
Ellen brook, 63.

Elletmere, Lord Chancellor, 37.
Elleamere, Earl of, and Viscount Brack-
ley, 37, 49, 55.
Ellis, Welbore, 158.
ElliijOQ, Rev. Thomas, Rector of Ashton,

5.
Ellon, 29, 32.
Entwisle, 25.

Entwisle, Sir Bertine, 12.
Entwiate, Bertie, Esq. 127 ; and Ellen

bis daughter, wife of John Markland

E»q. 127.
Eutwiale, Edmund, 127, 128.
Entwisle, Eliaa, 83.
Entwisle, Ellen, daughter of Richard

Entwiile of Foxholci Esq. and wife

of Westby HftUows Esq. 1U4.
Entwisle Uall, 12.
Entwitlc, Mr. Hugh, of Bolton, 26.
Entwiilo, John, 12.
Entwiile, John, Esq. M.P. and Ellen his

wife, 127, 128.
Entwiile, J. S. 13.
Entwisle, Mr, 24.
Entwisle Poor Tax, 24.
EntwUle, Bichard, of Sydball, 127, 128.
Entwisle, Uobori de, 12.
Entwisle, Robert, of Foxholei Esq. 126,

127.
Entwisle, Robert.jun, Esq. 166.
Entwiile, Sale of the Township of, 24.
Entwisle, William, 127, 128.

Failswortb, 66,90, 91.

Fairfax ComtpoTitUnca, 4.

Fairfax, Ferdinand, Lord, 4.

Fairfax, Dr. Henry, B«ctor of Aahton, 4.

Fairfax, Sir Thomas, 4.

FaUowfield, 67-

Firington, EdmaQd, Rector of Halull,
90.

Farnworth,a'),4l,

Fun worth n>ll, 39.

Fam worth, John, of Little Hilton, 38.

Farnworth School, 40.

Faaconber^, Thoraaa, Viscount, 39.

Fauoonbere, ThomaB, third Earl, 39.

Fecilden, Alexuider, SO, 21.

Feilding, James, of Street, and Ann hia

wife, 21.
Fell^te, Mr., MiniBter of Bradshaw, IS ;

some ^count of him, 18.
Feotoa, James, Esq. 29, 100.
FentOQ, Mr. Joseph, of Bnraford, 29.
Fcrrand, Thomaa, of Rochdale, Gent.

103.
Ferrand, Thomas. Keq. Lay Impropriator

of Hochdule, 131.
Forrerg, Earl of, 46.
Ferrers, Rohert do, eighth Karl, B.
Ferrers, Robert do. Earl of Derbv, 27.
Ferrers, William de, sixth Earl of Derb;,

6.
Ferrers, William de, of Groby, and Mar-
garet his wife, 6.
Ferrer, Sir Henry, Preste, 140.
Fielding, Mr. John, 19.
Field Ifoase in Bury, 32, 34.
Finney, John, of Fulshaw Hall, Jane his

wife, and Captain Samuel Finney, his

son, 50.
Fittleton, in the county of Wilt*, 31.
Fiti Siward, Henry, 56.
Fitiherbert, Anthony, Eaq. 60.
Fitzwaltor, Robert, son of John, Baron,

168.
FlitcToft, Liehford, 32.
Fliiton, 65, 67.

Fogg, Richard, of Darcy Lever, 10.
Foldei,21.

Forster, Rev. Dr. ]2fi.
Foster, Ellis, Schoolmaster of Blookrod,

16.
Faster, Thomas, of Beaumont Hall, and

Ann Buckley, his wife, I'.'fi.
Foolds, 20.
Foulhurst, Sir Robert, of Crewe, and

Ann his daughter, 97.
Foidenton,57, 112, 113.
Foxdenton Uate House, 114.
Foxdenton Hall, 114.
Foilioles, 125.
FaUer. Dr. 19.

Fuller's remark on Lancashire ParisheB,2.
Pnller'i WorlhUi quoted, 7^ 7fl, 102.

Fumei, DeaneiT of, 64.
Fnmesi, Mr., of Prestwich, 108.
Fumess, Mr. Tobias, 2».

Galoj, 8cth, GO.

(Jaley, William, 80.

(iarratt Hall, 67, S3.

Gartside, Eduse de, 143.

Gartside Hall, H3.

Gartside, Hugh, 127, 143.

Gartside, James, 127, 143.

Gartside, John, of Manchester, Eiq. 6;
Catharine Howard, his wife, 6.

Gartside, Joaiah, merchant, 149.

Gartside, Mr. and his mother, benefactors
to Rochdale, 130.

Gartside, Richard, 61.

Gartaide, Roger, 127, 143.

Gascall, Mr. 91.

Gaakell, Benjamin, of Thames House,
Esq. 50,

Gaskell, Daniel, of Clifton, 60.

Gaekell, Eliuhetb, <rife of Daniel Bay-
ley, 91.

Gaskell, Nathaniel, of Manchester, 31,
91, 160.

Gaakell, Rebecca, wife of Richard Clife,

Esq. 31, 91.

Gaekell, Sarah, wife of Uugh, Lord
8empill,ai, 91.

Gostretl, BShop, applied to for the Vi-
carage of Bolton, S ; his il/ft*'. quoted,
9, 23, 43, 44, 48.

Gastrell, Bishop, 77, 89, 1 4S j his Correa-
nondence with Lady Bland, 87-

Gastrell, Chancollor, 31, 44.

Gastreir* Nolilia CtttTimtii, Tol. i. 6.

Gerard, Philip, 68.

Gerard, Thomas, Lord, 68.

Gerard William, 68.

Gihson s Codix and Coneilia, 3.

Gilbody, Mr. Minister of Holeomb, 3S.

Gilliam, Jane, daugliter of Thomaa Fei^
rival of Hoyton, second wife of Richard
Tongoof Tou^c, 91.

Gilliam, Jane, wife of John Grearca Esq.

92.
Gilliai

, John, of L«venshulme Gent, sc

Gilliam, John, of Newton, 91.
Giliinghnm Hectary in Kent, 101.
Gippa, Mr., Rector of Uury, his MSS.

Giabume, in (he county of Yorii, 67.

GoItii, Jobo, BOQ of Nioholu Goljn of

(lolynrode, 30.
Goodwin, Mr. Richard, Vicar of Bolton,

7,15;

It of hire

14.

i

Goolden, EJmund, S3.

GooseUne, s Grange, 125, 12S.

Goosnargb or Goinell, Mr, Vic»r of Bol-
ton, 7, H.

Gorstelow, Kiehurd, Vicar of Kochdala,
122,

Gorton, 66, G7, 76, 68.

Gorton, Jamea, il6.

Goanetl, James, founds a LGrtnre at Bol-
ton, 9; Abatrai:t of big WUl, 9, lU.

Goanell, John, 10.

Gower, Right Hon. Francia Leveaon,
37; creaCedEarlof EUesmere, 51.

Grandiion, Otho de, 58.

Grant, Mr. 30.

Granville, GBorce, Duks of Sutherland,
5\.

Greppenhall, Minister of, 39.

Greares. Edward, of Culclieth, Eaq. 13 ;
and Jane his daughter, 13.

Greiioa, Edward, ShcrilT of Lancaihire,
6».

GrcBvcB, Edward, of Nettleworth Hall,

', Rev! Willinm, of Kochdala,

143.

Gndle or Grelley, Robert de, 2, 37, 65.
Green, JameB,E.q, 24.
Greenholgh, Jane, daughter of Tliomas

Greeuhalgh, 31.
Greenhaigh, UenT7,Esq.29,31.
Greenhalgb, John, Esii. 36.
Greenloes Tenement, 25.
Greenwich, Manor 01 EatFt, 65.
"Greeseturn,"*.
Gregg, Robert, Vicar of Bolton, 14,
Gr^ge, Edward, Esq. 1011, 116; bU aon,

R. Gregge Uopwood Eic|. 100.
Gre^e, Klartha, wife of Joaopb Gregge,

lis.

r Ch'ambeV Hall, Ei»Q. 36.
Grelle. Tboman de, 1, 58.
Gnillej, Albert de, aen. 3, 5

daughter Emma, 3.
Grelley, Robert de, 47.
Graller, Tboinai, 46, 68.

Grellejs, Lordi of Mancbwter, 41, B5,

110.
Grenebalgh, Henry, ton and heir of John

Grenebaigh, 29.
Grenchslgb, John, 42.
Grenebaigh, John, S.T.B., Beotor of

Butt, 28,
Grenehalgb, William, 42.
Greneboagb, Mr, of the lale of Man,

108.
Grenebough, Richard, G6.
Grealev, .loaLii, wife of John, ion of Roger

de la Warr, 58.
Grealej, Peter de, Patron of Manchester,

58.
Grealej, Robert de, 58 ; Tbomaa, bia aon.

107.

Grime, Jobn, of Baxenden, 33.
Grimshaw, George, 78, S2.
Grimstone, Sir flarbottlB, 72.
Grialebunt,31.
Grialeburst llaU, 99, 100.
Grundy, Edmund, Eaq. 31.

Haeltet'e, Biahop, Eulog; on Lord Ellea-

23,26.
Iladdon, Mr.8.
llaigh, Widow, 23.
Haigh, Rev. Joiepb, B,A. 125, 137.
Elaigb, William Blackett. 137; nnd

Martha his daughter, 137.
Half Acr«,3I.

Hall o' th' Hill in Heotb Charnooh, 19, 20.
Halt, old, of Ashton, 4.
Hall o' Ih' Wood, 12.
Halliwell, 39, 137.
Ualliwell, styled by Dr, Wbttaker an

"old family extinct," 137.
Uilliwell, Emor, of Hoebdale, and hii

daughter Margaret, 30.
Halliwell, Mr. James, jun, 133.
Ualliwell, Jamea, of Pike House, 141 ;

and Mary, (lis daughter, wife of Cap-
tain Gilliam, 91.
Hulliwell, John, 19, 133.
Ualliwoll, Mr. John, 133.
Halliwell, Jobn, Esq. a Benefactor to

Littleborough, 135, 138.

k.

^^^H ^^^^^H

Hartley, Mr. 76. ^^\

^^^m HilUvr^l, 136.

Hartshead, 4.

^^^H Halliwell, John, of Pilie House Esq . and

Harwood.il. 13, 14,65.106.

^^^H hii wife Elinbeth, 31. 136. 150. 153.

laslingdcu, Roger, D.D. 123.

^^^H Bklliwell, Mu7. wifo of Uoberb Bcb-

Haslam. llev, 105.

^^^H wieke of Muiehetter Eeq. 1:IS.

Haelam. WiUiam and EMs. 66.

^^^1 H*m»ell. Nicholiia del, 138 ; John, hia

Hatfield, John, of Hatfield Geut. 103.

^^H .on,m

latton, Kav. Richard, Vicar of Dean,

^^H H-Uiwell, Riehard del. uid Antisbella

38,43.

^^H M« wife, 138.

I auigh Hall, 12.

^^H ILilliweU. Captun Richard, builds a

Haverbeck, 48.

^^H School, 136.

HaTersego, Matthew de, BO.

^^H Halliwell, Mr. Theophilus, 137 ; endow.
^^^H m Hehool at Littreborough, eome ac-

I award. Mr. Samuel. 112.

Uaward, Mr. Samuel, of Salford. 116.

^^^m count of him, 138.

I aworth Hall, aod eome account of the

^^^1 Hallowi, Mr. AUttbew, and hL< wife,

Haworths. 125.

^^^1 Margaret Rotbwell, and Sar^h WeeC-

Haworth, Mr. Charles. 96.

^^H

Haworth. Edmund, of ilaworth, 80, 143.

^^^H HaltowB, Samuel, of Gray's Inn. Esq.
^^^H Bonie accQimt of hi> family. 103, 104.

Hflworlh. James, of London, 35.

Haworth, John. 36.

^^^H nallowB, Weitbv, Em. and hie wife.

Haworth. Ite*. Itadcliffe. 123.

^^^H Kllen EntwiBle', 104.

Haworth, Richani. of Heap. 34, 35.

^^^H ElaU-s Btiranial llalU of Enqland, 25.

^^^B HabaU, Rector of, 28.

Itsyward, Samuel, 7S.

^^^H Uamer Hall, and (ome account of the

Ilcalv Hall, 126.

^^^H Haojen, 125. 126,

Heap. 2S, 29.

^^^H Hamer. Bernard, 12a

Heap. Richard, 117.

^^^1 Ramec, Edmoiid, 128.

Heath, !5ir Robt. Attorney General. 122.

^^^H Hamer, EIUb, 12a

lleathcote. Sir John Edensor, Bart. 47.

^^^H Hamer, Henry, 128.

Hoathcote, R E. Esq. 47.

^^^^H Hamer, James, 123.

Heaton. 39. 41,10!).

^^^^H Hamer, Judith, wife of Thomat Hindlev,

Heatonllall, 109, no.

^^^H

Heaton Norris, 66. SS.

^^^H Hamer, Samoel Hallowi, Eaq. inS.

Uelev, Avicia. daughter of Thomas de

^^^1 Hamer, Samuel, 128.

Heley, 129.

^^^H Hamer, Samuel. E«q. 103, 141.

^^^H Hamilton, Lord Archibald, TO; Mary,

ncrashawg. 20.

Herbert's Couatrg Partou, 4.

^^^H of Birch Esq. 79.

Hereford School, 74.

^^^H Hamor, Robert. 65.

Herod — Heyr«d,4.

^^^H Bands,

Hesketh. Uojd U. B. of Gwyrch Castle

Esq. 29.

^^ Harper, Mr. John, Vicar of Bolton, 7, 8.

Iloskcth. Richard, Esq. 60.
llesketh, Robert, of llptnn Esq. 29.

Harperheigb, W.

Harringtons of Hornby Cutle, (!.

llcBsewort. Barnard de, 103.

lleton, George, Esq. and Joanna his

Harrii, R. J. J. of Uley Khj. luaumed
the mime of Norreyi, 49.

wifo. 40.

IIotonHal[,40.

Harri*. Re». Lovctt. 107.

Heton. Martin, Bishop of Ely. 40,
Hey, Ellis. Gent, of Monk's Hall. 63, 83.

UuTiion,JBmc>,66.

H.rri«n;john,4,9fl,

lIovwudChflppel,34.36.

Uarriion, John, and AgnM his wife, 65.

lartley, Ellen, relict of Nicholas, 76.

lleywDod, 33.

Heywood Hall, 29.

Heywood, Mrs. 6.

Strange ways, 68.
Hartley, Nicholw, 76.

Heywond. Mr. Nathaniel. VicarofOmii-

kirk, Ufa of, 54.

xiii ^^^^^1

IJejwood, OliTer, 14, 104, lOG.

HoK. Charlet, of Stnbley, 132. ^^^^H

Dey wood, Petor do. 33.

Holt, ChriBtopher, of Stubley. 136. ^^^^H

Ilejwnod. Rbv. Robert, 29, 34.

Mm. Dorothy, 167. ^^^^H
Holt. Edward, of Wigan, 10, 17. ^^^^M

HevffooJ, U«bort, Esq. 34.

lleywood, Samuel, 7S.

Holt. Elizabeth, daughter of William ^^^^H

I Hejirood School, 3S.

Holt, and wife of Richard Beaumont, ^^^^H

■ Hevwood, Williim, 61.

^^^H

■ UigU Btilbaugh, 2t?.
W Hill, Kobert, Clerk. 141.

Holt of GHslehurBt, some Bccoant of, ^^^^^H

^^^^^H

Holt, Hugli, son of John del, 103. ^^^^^H

65,

Holt, Hugh del. 128. ^^^^^1

Hilton, Mr. of BlBckrod, 16.

Holt, James, sou of Geoffrey del Holt of ^^^^H

Hiade, Mm. Anno, widow of the Rev.

Balderitone, 128. ^^^^H

Jolin Hinde, 96.

Holt, John, and his wife, Joanna Allen, ^^^^^M

Hindley, 6, 77.

^^^^^M

Hindlev, M«ry, widow of ThomM Hind-
Ibv, married John Storiij Esq. 35, 128.

Holt, John, 132, 136. ^^^^^M

Holt, Robert, of Aihworth Gent. 97. ^^^^^H

Hindley, ThomM, of Birchenley, 12$.
Hipporbolme, Henry de, len of Richard

Holt. Robert, of Chamber Home, 143. ^^^^^H

Holt, Richard, and hia wife, Sarah Bel- ^^^^^H

^^^H

Uo»», G. M. Esq. S4.

Holt, Richard, 103, 128. ^^^^^H

llod^on'g Account of Qnaen Anns'i

Bounty. 43, 4S.

daughterof James Chetham, 103. ^^^^^H

IoBhton,SirRicbapd,l.
Holcomh, 30. 33. 36.

lolt, Richard Orforde. Eaq. 143. ^^^^^H

lolt. Robert. Gent. 97. 103. ^^^^^H

Holcomb Chapel, originally > priaoD. 3G.

lolt. Mr. Robert, of Castleton, 102. ^^^^^H

Holcorab School, 36.

Holt. Roger, of Bridge Hall, 31. ^^^^^H
Holt, Sir Thomas. pAest. 103. ^^^^H

Holcrofl, ThomM. of Wolden Esq. H2.

Holcrofi. Sir Thoma.. of Vale Royal, 62.

Holte, Francea, wife of James Winstan- ^^^^^H

Holden. Mr. Andrew, 151.

ley Eiq. 127. ^^^^^H
Holte, jlmei, Esq. and hia daughter ^^^^H

Holden, Dorothy, daughter of Andrew

UoldenofToddHall.31.

Marv. wife of Samuel Chetham Eaq. ^^^^H

Holden, Mr. Raphe, 46.

^^^^^H

Holecorabe Forest, 3B.

Holte. John, of Stubley Esq. 60. ^^^^^H

Holland, AJam, of Newton, SO.

Holte. Mra. of Caatleton, 129. ^^^^^M

Holland. Cliarlei, 130; an account of his

loBt Benefaction to Rochdale. 131.

^^^^^M

Holland, Edward, of UenWn and Healon

Holte, Robert, of Stubley Esq, 123. 126. ^^^^H

^^^H

Holland. Helen, daoghter of Thoiqai

Hootmore, Edw«rd, 56. ^^^^H

LanglarofAgBcrofl.60.

Hopwood, ^^^^M

Holland. Otho, E«l.; Holland. Thoma«.

Hopwood. Edward Gregge, Eaq. 116. ^^^^M

Gent, and Joan hi> wife. 60.

Hopwood Halt, lOU. ^^^^H

Holland. Ralph, of Clifton. 60, 62.
Holland, Uichard, 76. 84. 86.

Hopwood, John, Eaq. 99. ^^^^H

1 lopwood, Robert, M.D. 100. ^^^^^H

Holland, Roger, son of Hobert de Hol-

Hopwood, Thomas. 117. ^^^^^^H

land, 22.

Hopwood Township, 102. ^^^^^H

Holland. Thomu Dyson, Esq. 128.
Holland, Thurston do. 84.

Hopwood, William de, 100. ^^^^^H

Horai. Mrs. 106. ^^^^^H

Uollingworth'a Mancun. quoted. 86, 92.

Horai, John, 117. ^^^^^H

Hornby, Mrs. of St. Michael's, 110. ^^^^^H

Holm, Mr. 11.

Hornby, Rot, William, of St. Aliuhael's, ^^^^^H

Holme, Anthony, 66.
Holme, Mr. Wflliani, 34.

^^^H

Horrocks, Mr, ID. ^^^^^H

Halmei,John, 16.

^^^H

Holt, CbarlM, M.D. 126.

HarWge, IIS.

Honege HaU in Oldhoxa, 113.
lIoKon Chspel in Oldham Chorcb, 113.
liorton, Hearietta, ^ifeof ChiirUg Rhji,

114.
HortoD, Joahna, of Sowerbj, 114.
Horton, Sir Watts Bart. 114.
HortDD, WilliaiD, of Howrojd, 114.
Horwioh Chapal, 37, 41, 44.
Hunrioh, 39, 41, 42.
Howard, Philip, of Corby CuUe, Esq.

and Uatberine Gartaide, bla dauglitcr,

6.
Uoffard, Osbori de, 120.
Howarth, Dionjaius, 36.
Howarth, ThomaB, of Rocliffe, 10.
Hough Knd, a seat of the Musleya, 87.
Hough UaU, S8.
Houghton, 6G, 86.
Houghton, TtiomM, Eaq. 15.
Houses of th« Hill in Spothmd, 34.
Hvlm USS. 1, 14, 32, 40, 41, 58, 60, 87,

96.
Halmo, 66, 67, 68, 77.
Hulnie, Banastre, 67-
Hulmo, Elialwtb. info of William

lluliue, 72.
Hulme, Gooffroj. 68.
Hulme, Geoffro; of Manchester, and hia

son Ralph, who married Elizabsth,

daughter of Richard Bexwicke sen.

of Manrliester, 60, 61, 65, 69, 70, 78.
Hulme, John de. of DaTjhulme, 49.
Ilulme, John de, 68.
Ilalme, Laurence, third son of Robert

Hulme of Uulme, 67.
Ilulme, William, of Ualroe and Kears-

lev Esq. II, 67, llSi founder of the

Hulmeian Eihibitioni, 1), 72; his

Will, 72, 73; his Trustees inrorporn-

tod, 73; a Beoefactor to Bolton, 11 ;

his heir at law, in 1790, 11 ; a Bene-

faatorto Ringley, 118.
Hulme, William, of DaTjhuIme Eaq. 72.
Hulton, Blethyn do, 39.
HuHon, David do, 5.^,
Hulton. Henry, of Hulton, 40.
Hullon of Hulton, Mr. 2A, 143.
Hulton Little School, 40.
Hutton, Iiliddle, 37.
Hullon, Over, 40.
Hnlton Park, 39.
Hullon, Roger de, 48.

Hulton, Riehmrd do, 37.

Hulton, William, Etn. Constable of Lan-
caster Castle, X*.

Multons. Three, 39.

Hundors6eld, 124.

Hunt, Richard,?".

Hunt, Mr. Minister of Oldham, 14fi.

Hunter, Mr. WillLam, 78.

Hunter's Lif, of Oliver Heyvood, S4,
134.

Huntington, John, B.D. 3, 60; some ae-
coimt of hira, 59; bis Will, 59; bii
Church works, 59 ; his Chantry found-
ed, 61 ; the terms of foundation, CI ;
his obit or nnuiTersary. ij2; bis Alms-
liDuie in Hingjnj-dj-che not built,

llurst — Hoslehurst, 4.

llutobinson. Tiiomas, Esq. 159,

Hyde, Alexander, 85.

Hyde, t:dward, S5.

Hyde. John, 85.

Hyde. Laurence, Moond wm of Robert

llyde of Norbuiy. ancestor of tha

EarU of Clarendon, 85.
Hyde, Mr., Minister of Salford, 94.

Hyde of Norbuir and Denton, 85.

Hyde, RaJph, of Urmston, second wn of
Thomas Hyde of Morbury, 56.

Hyde. Raphe, of Denton, 84.

Ilvde, Robert, 84, 85,

Hyde, Sir Robert de, 83.

Uyde, Robert, of Ardwieb, and his bro-
ther Nathan, 86.

Hyde, Robert, of Denton, 85.

Ibhetson, Sir Henry of Denton Parit,

128.
Ibbetaon, Mary, wife of Samuel Hanier

Eaq^. 128
Incc, in tbc county of Chester. 31 .
Ingham, Jane, wife of John Doarden

and of Jordan Chodwick, 136.
Ingliam, Richard, of Cleggswood, 136.
Irlam, Q-2, 54.
IrIamH>li,49.
Irwelham, 46.

Isherwood, Adam and James. 65,
Isherwood, Marvaret, wife of James. 65.
Infaerwood. Nathaniel, of Bolton, and

Mary hia wife, 17.
Isherwood, Thomas Bnulsliaw, Esq. 17.
Isle of Man, 30.

29, 12fl.

Jsquea, Thamu, 102.

JenbinsoD, John, of FuU worth Gent. 17.

Jenja, Mn. Eliza, 44.

Jenualern, St. John of, reot, HO.

Jolilfe, Rebecca, daughter of Sir Wil-
liam, and wife of Sir Samuel Mover
Ban. 44.

JoUjo, Mr. 106.

Jonea, Henr;, 102; aome account of Iii«
family, 102.

JoDM, IMr. Ednmnd, 47.

Jonoi, Mr. John, Vicar of EecleB, 47.

JoncB, JoR<-ph, of Walshaw Ilouae Esq.

Jonea, Ito^r, ancostor of Viscount Ilane-
lagb, 102.

Jonea, Sir Ro^r, 102.

Jonea, Tbomas, D.D. Arebbiahop of Dab-
lin, 102.

Juion'a, Arebbiahop, benefaction), 124.

Katharine, St. the Virgin Altar of, in

Edclei Church, 48,
Eaj, Ann, 32.
Kav, Esther, wife of Arthnr, aon of

^rancia Kay of Rodlum, 130.

Kay, Oliver, 36.

Kay, Her. Roger, 29, 129 ; hia Will, and

Endowment of Bnry School, 31.
Kay, Roger, of Wyddell Gent.
Kay, Wmiam, of Cubbsa, 33.
Kempniil Hull, 50.
Kempaey House, in the coant; of War-

ceeter,3l.
KindaU, Usantry of, by Gutrell, 48,

Kenion, Ralph, of Gorton, 69.
Kennett'a (.'«» of ImpTopriationi, 124;

corrected, 124.
Kennett'a i'ar. Aaiuj, Gl-on. SL
Kent, ThoniM, Earl of, 67.
Kenyon, Cicorge, Esq. of Peel, 40.
Kenjon, Uoorge, second Lord Kenyon,

39.
Kenyon, Lloyd, created Baron Kenyon,

39.
Kenyon, Mr. G4.
Kcrutl, 6G.
Ker«aIICeU,67,flfi,f;».
Kemll, William Lever, of, 14.
Kersle;,39,e7.
Kepshftw, Alexander, of Higher Town

EX. XV

House, 138; Anne, liia daughter and
co-heiresa, 138.
KeTerdalo, Alexander de. Lord of Uar-

wood, 17,
Kington Magna, 13.
Kirkby, Sir Richard de, 3.
Kirkmanahulme, 66, 90.
Knott, James, 4.
Knowes, James, 6.%.
Kyrkshagh, Adam, 137.
Kyrkihagh, Christopher and Msrearet,

137.

Kyrkahugh, Geoffrey, 137.

Kyrkthagh, Henry, 137.

Kyrkshagb, Isabella, wife of William

Newall, 137.
Kyrkshagh, John de, 136.
Kyrkshagh, Matthew de, 136 ; Adam, hia

son, who married Margery de Lihlol-

rea, 137.
Kyrkshagh, Margaret, wife of John

Kvrkahagb, 137.
Kyrkahagh, Thomas, 137.

Laborer, Robert, 62.
Laboume, Bishop, 18.
Lacy, Henry, Earl of Lincoln, 121 ; lAcy,

Alice, his daughter and heireu, 121.
Lacyo, Edmund de, 121-2.
Locye, Jolin and Henry de, 121-2.
Liicje,John,58.

Lacye, Roger, son of John IjHiye, 121-2.
Lake, Mr. John, 108; some account of

Um, 113.
Lambeth MSS. quoted, 7, 16, 18, 21, 23,

26, 23, 33, 34, 36, 38, 42, 45, 47, 64,

56, 90, 96.
Lancashire described in 1756, 2.
Lancashire, James, 35.
Lantiihire MUH. quoted, 8, II, 17, 18,

21, 24, 26, 29, 32, 34, 35, 48, 49, 09, 60,

65, 72, 73, 78, 81, 91, 101, 103, 108,

110, 113, 114, llfi, J20, 121, 123, 124,

130, 131, 132, 134, 140, 141, 144, 145,

146, 147, 154.
Lancaatcr, Blanch, daughter of Henry,

Duko of Lancaster, 121.
Lbh castor, John, Duke of, 36.
I^ii-sster, Thomas, Earl of, 121.

l^Dg^cld,31.
Langley Hall, 99.

Laugley, Katharine, wife of .Tames Aalio-
tun, 107.

LsQglB;, Hr. Minutar of EdenSnld, 3.1.

Lsnglej, Mr. 107.

Laogle;, Mr. John, 10, 100: and Jamo,

10.
L&aglev, Raufe, Wardon of Mant^liBster,

SO, 107, 112.
Langley, Mr. RoUsrt, nod his daughter

JouinB, wife of Robert Hulte Esq.

136.
Langley, Sir Robert, 107, 108 ; Margaret,

hia daughter, wife of Alexancicr Ited-

diah. 1(17.
Langley, Sir Rabart, aoA Anne, his

daughter and coheiress, wife of Tho-

mag Daunteaej, 62.
Langley, Thomafi, Parson of Prestwich,

62, 6S.
^•ooS'e?, Thomas, of Egeex, 9!).
Langley, Thomas, Bishoji of Durham,

main account of him, S2, 69, 9S.
haugley, Thomas, son uf William Lang-

le7 of Thoraseow Gent. 30, 116.
Langtou, Joaeph, of Liverpool, Esq. 110,

I5G.
Langton, Sir Richard, 1.
Lascy, John de. Earl of Lineoln, 4C.
Laser, John de, aod Margaret hia wife,

147.
Laai^ys, Lords of BlaekbitrDshire, 27.
Latliam, Andrew, 28.
Latham House, 23.
Lathom, Roger de, 3.
Ijithom, Robert de, fiA.
Idthoras, the heirs of Orm Fiti Ailward,

66.
Lathum, Sir George, 49.
Lathum, Sir Thomas, SO.
Lathum, Thomas, Esq. 50.
lathum, Jftno, married to John Finney

of Fulshaw, Esq. 60.
Laud, Archbishop, 63; a Benefactor to

the Vicarage of Rochdale, 131.
Iawsod, Henry, Curate of Turtoii, 23,

116.

Lees, Messrs. of Clark's Field, 106.
Lees, Mr., Minister of Saddleirorth, 146.
Lees, Samuel, 79.
Loea, Thomas, 146.
Lees, William and Abraham, 120.
L^h, G. C. Esq. 60.

Lerii, George, Esq. and Anne Booth hi*

wife. 46, fill.
Legli, Mrs. Hannah, 50, 63.
Legl), Matilda, daughter of John Legh

of Bootbe, wife of Richard de Rad-

cliffe of OrdsbaU, 55.
Legh, Robert de, of Boothe, 66.
Legh, Sir Peter, of Lyme, 63.
Legh, Thomas, of Alkrington, and bia

wife, Dorothy, daughter of Sir Robert

Langlej, 1(18.
Leicester, Alice, daughter of Sir George

Leicentor of Toft, 30.

Leigh, Dame Dorothy, 64.

Leigh, Dr_ Author of the Natural IIu-

lory of la»fathir«, S, 74, 77.
Leigh, (iBorge, 54.
Leigh, Honors, daughter of Sir Thomaa

Leigh, 64.
Leigh, Lord of Stoneleigh, 64.
Leigh vtrtut Maudnley, 38.
Leigh, Sir Peter, of Lyme, 80.
Leigh, Thoraas, 40.
Leigh, Mr. William, of Wert Hogbton,

Lontoo, Priory of, 68.

Iicver, Great, 99.

Lever, Janios, 10.

Lorer, Jane, wife of John Andrews, 19.

Lever, John, of Alkrington, 108, 110,
114.

Lever, Levlngus de, 110,

Lever, Little. 14.

Lever, Mr. John, Vicar of Bolton, 24;
Minister of (^key, 106.

Lever. Mr. 109.

Lever, Ricliard, Gent. 66.

Lever, Robert, 109.

Lever, Robert, Gent. 13, 19; and Wil-
liam and John, his brothers, 13, 14.

liBver, Robert, uf Little Lever, Gent.
20.

Lever, Robert, and Alice his daughter,
13.

Lever, Roger, Gent. 99.

Lever, Rev. Samuel, 8.

Lever, Mr. Thomas, 7, 15.

Lever, likoiuM, Esq. 11.

Lsrer, Thomu, M.A. and Rulpli, Dean
of Durham, 14.

Ley land, 64.

Lig;hCfi)ot, John, Chaiilain of Burj, 28.

Lincoln, Earl of, 27.

Linne;, Mr, 127.

Litter, Ileorj, Rector of KowclifTe, IGO,

Litcbford, Robert, S2.

Littleboniiurh, 131 ; an account of tlio
Chapel, 132 ; licensed by the Abbot of
Whalloy, l;i2 ; ani^ient le((acicB he-

Juoathei] to it, 132; dissolved ai a
liontry, 133; gold to tlia luhaliitaata,
133; formi appro|iriatoil to lands and
hooaes, 133 j a bench set up in the
Chancel bj Mr. llalliwell of Pike
ilouio an encroachment, 133 ; law-
■uiti arise tUoreon, 133 ; a Lay or Kate
ordered bv tho Bishop, 134; boundaries
of the Chapelry ia tho seteniecnth
century, 134; "tho Chapel Wajfo,"
I^; alistorbeDefactDrB,135; "Banls-
ley's Tonoment" bought. 135; surplica
dues paid to the Vicar, 136; remitted
b; Dr. Molesworth, 135.

Little Moss, 4.

Liverpool constituted an Archdeaconry,
G4; St. Peter's Church built, 77.

Livcscy, Mr. James, Minister of Turlon,
married Elizabeth, daughter of George
Chetham, Ksi). 23.

Lloyd, George, of Manchester Esq. GS.

Lodge, Edmund, of Leeds Esq. 127.

Lomai, Alice, wife of Francia Meadow-
croft, 100.

Lomai, Elis, G6.

Lomax, James, of Unsworth, and Eliza-
beth, his daughter and coheiress, 3 1 .

Lomoi, ICcT. John, 32.

Lomax, Mary, daughter of Richard Lo-
max of Una worth, wifo of ilonry
Whitehead Gent. 34.

Lomax, Oliver, of Ilcap, 36.

Lomax, Susanna, daughter of Rieliard
Lomax, and wifo of Samuel Ilamford,
35.

Lomax, Tithes of, 34.

LuDgespi', Roger do, 9.

Longley, Richard de,Dnd Jonuhis irife,&2.

Longlay, Robert de, 1 10.

Longlov, William de. Rector of Middle-
ton, C2.

Longworth, 25, 26.

Lougwortb, Christopher, n.

Longworth, George, 8, 21),

LoDgworth Uall, 20.

Longworth, Mr. Thomas, 23,

Lonedal, iU. 27.

Lonsdale, Ann, daughter of Henry I>onS'

dale, and wife of the Rer. Ricliard

Formhy, 30.
Lonsdale, &[iles, of Bur; Esq. 32; son of
Lonsdale of Chaddortoo, Gent,

heiress

8 wife, Marf, daughter and

of Henry Whitehead of Field

1 his son. Miles Lousdalo

32.34,

Loitock, 41, 52.
Los took Hall, 12.
Lumm Hall, 29, 30.
Lunt, 2S.

Lutwich, 8 toe lie tt, 56.
Lyndhnrst, Lord Chancellor, his Judg-
ment respecting Moacliosler tjehool,

Lyo.

107.

Madox's FoTviulari, 47.

Main waring, Mr. of Carincham, 149.

Main waring. Major, 1 40.

Mainwaring, Roger, Esq. 152; Elizabeth
his wife, 1G2.

Malton, Thomas, Earl of, 107.

Kloncetler, Sir Guy de, 100.

Manchester, Dean * ' "
ery of, in the t<
seatdiTisioaof, 1.

AlaneheBter, 31, 40, 64, 65, 66; ancient
Lords, 58; two Churches at Doniosdaj
Survey, 5S,

Manchester, Robert de tirelley. Lord
of, 2.

Manchester Collegiate Church, 67, 59,
65 ; disloUed by Edward VI. 59 ;
re-founded by Queens -Mary, Eliza-
beth, and Charles I. 61 ; constituted
a Cathedral Church 63; the Warden
and Fellows altered to Dean and Ca-
nons, 63; two Arehdoaeonries formed
64; seTcn Chantries in the Church of
Manchester, temp. Edward VI. 65;
two Chaplains build a Gallery there,
GG; Parish divided into six parts, 6G,

Manchester Grammar School, lomo ac-
count of, 68, 09, 70, 71, 74.

Manchester goTorned by Charter, laeor-

xvm iMi

pontcd, 58; the Manor aold, 08; b

eoa oroeted at MnnFhoster, G3; liniiti

uf the DiocsBO, 64.
Msria'a, St. in Cambridge, lf>.
Msrkland, Jobn, Esq. uf The Meadows,

Wigan, 127 : aaguued the name of

Entwislo, 127.
Mnrland, 34

Murland, Dr. Adam, 123,
Marland, James, of Marlimd Gent. 123,
Marlborough Soliool, 74.
Marlcr, Thomas, 70.
Mamhall in tho count]' of Doreet, 13.
Marreiloy in YorltBhiw, 9.
Marricli, 9.
MorideD, Thomas, of Bolton, Gent, and

Sarah hU wife, 6, IS.
Manh, Mr. IS.

Marsh, (ieorgc, the Martjr, 33.
Marsh, George, 45.
Marshall, Goorgo, 7<>.
Mary's, St. Abboy, York, 48.
Mascy, Sir John, of Tatlon, and Alice

his wife, dl.
Mascy, Rioliard, " Preat Vicar" of Man-

ehostor, fiO.
Matthews, Rev. Jamos, Vicar of Whal-

lej 1Q2.
Maudaloy tKrjtM Leigh, 38.
Mawdsloj, Robert, 64,
Hayes or Mai re, Edward, 76.
Maynard, Jotcph, and his wife, 87.
Meadowcroft, Alice, 100,
Meadoworoft, Francis, of Braethiirat, 100,
Aleadowcroft, James, 100.
Meadowerofl, Richard, of Brightmct

Gent. 7.
Meadowcroft, Richard, 100.
Meeke, Mr, WiUiani, Minister of Sal-

furd, 02,
Moreiheia, Roger de, d.
Menland, Roger, Bbbop of Lichfield and

Coventry, 47,
Hiddletot), 96, Q7, 99,
Middleton, Arrooor bronght from Flod-

den in the Church of, 98.
Middleton, Assheton C ban try in tho

Church of, 98.
Middleton Grammar School, 100, 101.
Middleton Hall, 100.
Middleton, Hop wood Chapel in the

Church of, 98.
Middleton, Sir James, 123.
Middleton, Matilda, daughter of Roger

Middleton, and wife of Jobn de Bar-
ton, 97.

Middleton, Peter, Panon of, 97.
Middleton, Rector's Chapel in the
Church of, probably founded by Car-

diual Lanj' — ""

iddleton, .

wife, 97.
Middleton, Roger, son of Alexander

Middleton, 103.
Middleton, Richard and Agnca, 103.
Middleton, Thom&t, Clerk of, 97.
Midgloy, Hiehard and Joseph, Vii

of

Itocb^le, 122, 146.

Millington, Gilbert, 28.

Milne, llev. Nathaniel, 1G9.

Milnrow in Butterworth, 139; the Dy-
rons ehief proprietola at an early pe-
riod, 139; tradition of an old Chapel,
140; foundation of another Chapel,
140; probably a Chantry, 140; Minis-
tor's Wages, 140; Cliapel repaired by
Asseument, 140; Inhabitants claimed
the Patronage, temp, neniy VIH.
149; without legal right, 130; Vicar
of Rochdale Patron, 140; ancient sU-

fend charged on the Reetorial Tithes,
31, 139, 141 ; a Parochial Chapolry,
141-2; Chapel rebuilt, 142; Paruin-
age House built, 142; National Schools
built, 142; RuBbbearinff 142.

Moleaworth, Eev. Dr., Vicar of Roch-
dnle, 124,135,161.

Molyneux, John, of Sepbton, and Doro-
thy Booth, his wife, 46.

Monk's, Bishop, Li/a of BentUy, 144.

Monk's Hall, 50.

Montbcgon, Henry, Lord of Tottington,
17.

Montbegon, Roger do, 36,

Monton, 46.

Morrall, Rev, Thomai, 20.

Morral, Vicar of Bolton, 11, 2G.

Morris and Phillips, 47, 141.

Mort, Mr. 16.

Mort, Adam, founder of Astloy Cb&pcl,
93.

Mort, Mrs. Anne, 37, 40, 64.

Mort, Kirs. Anne, of Little Hilton, 38,

Mort, Nathan, of Wharton Hall, 117.

Itlosier, William, 76.

Moaotey, 4,

Kloaley, Anne, wife of Robert Booth Esq.
and of [he Rev. Thomas Case, 93, 94.

Moslcv, KdwarJ,E:Bq. 88.

Moslcy, Edward, Bart. 68, 86, 88; Anne,
bii daughter and heirota, wife of Sir
Jobn Bbnd, 66, 86, 87, 88.

Moilej, Sir Edwmnl, Knt. 88.
MoBlej, John, of DidBbury, 86.
Modev, Niobolu, Aldemui of London,

68,86.
Mosley, Oiwald, of Muicheiter, third »od

of Edward Moaley of Uaagb Bad, 68.
Moslej, Oswald, t;9, 94.
Moslcy, Sir Oawald, liart. S3.
Moilo;, Rowland, 7C, 87.
Mom, Jamea, and Appylina, hi« wife, 6.
MoH, John, of Mancliester, and John

hii Kin, 6.
Muue, Jamei, 76.
Moaaide, 66, 79.
Moiton, 66, 90,91.
Monnton, 52.
Muyer, Lady, 43: soma account of, 44;

hor Lecture in St. Paul's, 44.
Mutton, William, fiO.

Hias liucklejr Esq.

Murray, George, of Ancoata Dall, 6!*.

ktuslicrry, 29.

Mfddtcton Church, 34.

Myloe, Uenry, 140.

Mynaliall, Ann, daughter of Jamea
Uglitbourne, 84.

Mynaliall, Richard, of Whiston, and hia
wife Helen, daughterof Kicliard Gold-
smith of Boswortli, 84.

Mynihall, Tbomu, 76, 84.

NabL't Tenement in Buir, 31.

Nabbe, Ricbard, fi5.

NowatI, Lsunnco, Gent. 1.13.

Nowall, Itev. Samuel, 87.

Nowall, Mr. William, 87.

Newall, William, cif Lower Town House

Gent. 133.
Now Banii Hall, 49.
Nowbold HaU, 126.
Newbold, John de, 128.
Newcome, Rov. Peter, Rector of Shon-

Newc'roft Uolt, &6, C7.

New Hall, 29, 30.

Newton, 66, 9U, 91.

Newton, John, 87.

Newton, Mr. Samuel, Miniator of Riving-

ton, 21 ; a Conformiat, though claimed

by Calamy, 31.
NichoU' ' Celitclatua Topopraphiea tl

(ietitaloffiea, quoted, 3.
Nichola' LittTart/ AHteiitiUt, ISQ, 141.
NichDlM, Fopo, Yaior of, 7, 87, 37.

EX. XIX

Niehohu', St., Chapel, in Mancbestor

Church, 66.
Nigeliua, 67.
Norbery, &lr. 106.
Norbury, Mr. 24.
Norbuiy, Roger de, Binhop of Lichfield,

S6.
Norbury, Tliomaa de, 8S.
Norreya, Henry, Eaq. of Davcbulme, 49.
Norreyg, Mary, daughter and heiress of

Norreya, Itobert Henry, 49,

Nor

I, Mr. 17.

i, Alexander, 12.
Norria, Edward, Eaq. 16.
Norria, II. uf Adiiagton, 16.
Norria, [lenry, 16.
Norrig, Hugh le, IS,
Norrig,8irHugh, 15.
Norria, John, of Bolton, 10.
Norrig, Margaret, wife of John Slarkie

Esq. 12.
Norrrs, Mabel, wife of Sir W. llmd-

ahaigb, 16.
Norria, Robert, 8.
Norria, Sir William, 49.
Nolitia CetlrieitnU, vol. i, referred to, fl,

8, 9, 10.
Notoghof Notogh,30.
Notogh, RichBrd de, 30.
Notogh, Henry, of Notogh, 30.
NottoQ, GUbert de, 60.
Nowcll, Dean, 63, 101.
Nowell, Dr. Aloiander, founder of the

School at Middlislon, 100.
Nowell, Robert, 11)1.
Nuaent Walter, and Margarot his mo-

tber, widow of Richard Nugent, 76.
Nuttall, Aabton, 10.
Nuttaii, Dorothy, 10.
NutUll, Francia, 10.
NuttaU Hall, 29.
Nuttall, Jane, 10.
NuttDll,John, 10.
Nuttaii, Robert, of Burr, 31.
Nuttall, Robert, of Kempaey Houaa

Kaq. 31.
Nuttall, Robert, Merchant, 31.
Nuttall, Thomaa, of Bury, Gent. 31.
Nuttall, Thomaa, of Tottmgton, 36.
Nuttall, Thomaa, Gent. .W, IIS; hii

daugbtur and heireas, Martmret, wif«

of Adam Bagsbawe Eaq. 30, IIS,
Nuttall, Tbonuu, aon of Nathan Nuttall,

30.

Oakenrod Hall, 127.
Obituary Window in Bolton Chnrch,
Oblation mono; at Bolton, 7.
Odrroft, Mr. John, Minister of Strct-
ford, 96, M.

ParighN, dxlv-two i

1754,2.

Okeden, 129; Aiicin his wifo, 129;
Alexander his sun, 1 '2S.

Okeden, Adam de, and Alice hie daugh-
ter, wife of John Cbadviek, 129.

Okenrode, Hugh de Ic, 127-

Okenrode, Thomas do le, 127.

Okev, Mr. John, 14.

OldSeld, Uumphrej', 76, 96.

OldSeld, Mr. John, and Ub vife Eliza-
beth, sister of lliimphre; Booth, 94.

Oldham, the Church of, 112.

Oldham Church endowed as a Rcctorr,
120.

Oldham, Barnard, Archdeooon of Corn-
wall, 70.

Oldham, Eva, danglitor uf William, son
of Adam de Oldham, 116.

Oldham, Hugh, Biehop of Exeter, GS,
69, 70 ; bom at Crumpaall, 72.

Oldham, the ^lanor of. 111.

Oldham, Iticliard, son of William, son
of Adam de Oldham, 111.

Oldham, Kieliord de, and Margery Cud-
worth, his daughter, 111, IIQ.

Oldham, Kobort, eon of Adam do Old-
ham, 116,

Qlej, llamaby, 4.

Openshaw, 66.

Ordsall, 67.

Ordiholl, 67, 67.

Orm Fitz Eward or Ailward, 3, 06.

Ormo, Mr. 45.

Ormerod, Dr., the C'hoihiro Iliatorian,

Oraukirk, S6.

Orrell of Orrell near Upholland, 22.

Orrell, Dalph, 22.

Orrells of Tiuion, 7, 2S.

Orrell, William, Richard, and John, 23.

Orrell, William, sod and heir of John

UrrelL 26.
Odic;, Ralph, Esq. 6.
Outwuod,](l9, lis, 119.
Over, in the county of Cambridge, 9.
Over th' Fields ~ Ofoivaeld, 34,

Park. 4.

Park Hall, 16.

Parker, Archbishop, founds a School M
Rochdale, 126; endows it, 130.

Parker, Edward, 133.

Parker, lienry, page to Henry VIH.
130.

Parr, Ann, wife of Nicholas Starkie of
Huntrojd Esi). 62.

Parr, Riehard, and his wife, Helen
Worsloy, 62.

Parson -Wages, 24.

Partington, John, 76.

Paslew, John, Abbot of Whalley, 130;
uncle of Thomas Wolstonholme, 130.

Paul'ii, St;, Dean of, 106.

Pearson, Bishop, liberal towards Non-
conformists, 43.

Peel, 39.

Peol Hall, 39.

I'embrahB Hall, Cambridge, 16.

Pendlebury, 62.

Pondlebury, Mr. Henry, Miniiter of
Holcomh, 36; and of Horwich. 41 ;
and of Ashworth, 103; of Turton,
103; his Li/a, by Robert Scddon, 1U3.

Pendleton, 51, 52.

Pendleton, George, SI.

Pendleton Hall. 49.

Pcnwortham, Lieut. Col. Rawstomo of,
30.

Pcploo Samuel. Bishop of Cheater, 13,
33; Eliiaboth bis danghter, 13.

Parcovoll, Hon. Edward, 13.

Pore i vail, Katherine, wifo of Joseph
Peckford, 114.

Percirall, Robert, of Bamford, 36.

Pcrcivall, Thama«, of Royton, 76.

Percivall, Thomas, of Manchester, Mer-
chant, 1 14.

Perey, IVIargaret, daughter of Henry de

Perpoint, Thomas do, 37.

Piceope, Rev, John, of Famdon, 67.

Pickferd, Joseph, of Alt Hill Esq. 114.

I'ickford, Mm. PriscilU, 6.

Pickford, William PorciTall, Esq. 114.

I'ighelU, Daniel, Minister of Todmorden,

149.
Pipot, Henry, Vicar of Rochdale, 153,
Piko House Evidence! quoted, 60, 62,

^^^H ^^^^^H

1 PilkingtM, Biihop, foundi a Soliool at
Rivmgton, 21 ; now in tho handa of

RaddiiTe, an aMotmt of the Manor and ^^^^H

Advowion ^^^^^H

Di.MBten, 22; the Bisliop's Portrait

Radeline, Alexander, Eaq. 67. ^^^^H

still at RivingtoD, 21.

Rodelifte, Alexander, of Urdshall, 114. ^^^^^H
RadolilTe. Alice, daughter of William de ^^^^H

Pi kington, Edward, 17.

Pi tirgton, Georgn, Esq. 21.
Pilkington, John de, Iteetor ot Burj,

RadcUfie, 147. ^^^^H

Radcllfie, Charles, 147. ^^^^^H

27.

Radcliffe, Edward, 147. ^^^^H

PikingtoD,SirJohn,lll.

RadeliH'e, Francis. ^^^^H

Pikington, Kntherine, wife of John

RadeliHe, Joanna, daughter and heirew ^^^^^H

Shawe,21.

of Raphe, 39. ^^^^H

Pikington, MiM, 21.

Radcliffe Sir John, 65, 95 ; his wifo Ann ^^^^^H

Pikington Pwk- Tower -Hall, 110,

Aashawe, 65. ^^^^^M

111.

Radcliffe, Sir John de, of Ordaall, 07. ^^^^H

Pilkington, Richard, of Pilkington, hh

^^^H

monuraenl, 19; Alicw hia wife, 19;

RadclilTe, John, of Giabume, and hi* ^^^^H

Jamil hi* lOD, Bishop of DiirUam, 19,

daughtor Margaret, 67. ^^^^H

20,21.

RadolTffe, John, aoo of John de Rod- ^^^^H

Pilkington, Robert, de, 19.

clilfe. Rector of Bury, 113. ^^^^^M
Itadclilfe, Sir Joaoph, Bart. S9, 1 14. ^^^^^H

Pilkington, Roger, 27.

Pilkington, Bir Thoma., 27, 34, 110, lU.

Radrliffe, Mai^aret, 147. ^^^^^H

Pilkington, Sir William, 110.

RadolitTe, Ricliard, 147. ^^^^^|

PiUworth, 99 ; bonofaotion to, 102.

Radcliffe, Richard, Cent, of Newcroft, ^^^^^H

Pita, 31.

third aoD of Sir William, 67. ^^^^^M

•itaey Ilnll in Eami, 34.

Radcliffe, Richard do, of Urdahall, 55. ^^^^^H

Piatt, 67.

Radcliffe, Richard de, 147. ^^^^^H

Pluratiton, Poter, Gent. 116.

Radeliffo, Richard, Ei<[. of Chadderton ^^^^^H

•oictior», Roger Earl of, 2, 6, 87.
•oictou, Roger do, 27.

wife of Robert Radctyffe, 1 14. ^^^^^M

Pollit, John, Miniiter of Milnrotr, S3,

Radcliffe, Robert, Gent, and hia wife, ^^^^^H

141.

ter, Uoboroh Belfeld, 136. ^^^^^M

PoHit, Mr. Miniator of Chortton, S3.

Poote, Raniiiph, 60, 62.

Radcliffe, Robert and Richard, of Rad- ^^^^^H

Porter, Mr. of Pro.twich, 108.

cliffa Tower, ^^^^^H

Powell, Henry Folliott Esq. 29.
Powell, Judith, 10.

Radcliffe, Robert, 57. ^^^^^H

Bath, Esq. 30, 67, 114, US. ^^^^^H

Preaeot, Pariah of, 40.

Preacot, Vicar of, 38.

Radcliffe Tower, 160. ^^^^^H

Preaeott'a Journal, 66,

Radcliffe, William de, 12, 39. ^^^^^H

Preacott, Mr. of Cheater, 9, 104; Rcgia-

Radcliffe, William, 57, 65. ^^^^^H

tntr of tho See of Cheiter, 26, 77.

Radcliffe, WUliam, of amithiUs, and hii ^^^^^M

Pnato-Logh, 109.

wife Katherine Norlej, 113. ^^^^^H

Prcatwich, 3e.

lUdcliffe, William, father of Colonel ^^^^^M

Preatwich-cum 'Oldham, 107; an Act of

Sir William RaitditFe, 114, 117. ^^^^^H

Radclytf, Jamyi, of Langley, !I9. ^^^^H
Radetyffe, M n. Agnes, of Marland, 34. ^^^^^H

Prortwich, Sir John, 107.

Preatwich, Ralph de, 68.
Prestwich, Sir Thomai, Bart. 68.

Radclyffe, Sir Alexander, and hia wifb ^^^^^H

Jane, natural daiigliterof Robert Rad- ^^^^^^H

PrcBtwTch, Adam de, 107.

cliffe. Earl of Sussex, 67. ^^^^^H

Preetwjbe Church, 107.

Radclyffe, Edmund, aecond aon of Sir ^^^^^H

Proitwjke, Ralph, of Holme Esq. 116;
Ann hia daughter, no.

Raphe lUdclyffe of SmithUlt, 90; ^^^^H

Elixabeth his wife, Cicely and Elba ^^^^^H
lladelyffe. Jennet, wife of Sir John, and ^^^^H

Procurations, origin of, 2.
Pyke, Thonuu, B.A. 160.

daughter of Sir Uobort Holland. 67. ^^^^M

quarlton, 24, 20. Jtadcljffe, John, Eaq. 67. ^^^^m

XXll INI

Ridolyffe, John, of Rtdclyffe Esq. and
JanMii bU hrollier, 6IJ.

Radcljfte, Ricliard, of lUdclim;, 67.

RadclvSe.ILichsrdiSODof JobD,-I9; John
his bnitber, 49.

Rsdclvtfe, Robert, of Witbenahaw, G7.

RamBbottom, Mr. Jamea, 110.

Raiaaden, William and John, 140.

Ranuej, Edward and Robort, Esqrs.
121.

Raabotham'B, Mr. Doming, MS8. quoted,
46, »9, 108.

Ratchdale Church, 34, 121.

Rathbiuide, WiUiam, Clerk, 60,

Rathbande, Mrs. 10.

Ravalde, Nicholaa, Prieat, 59, GO ; John
his heir, 60.

Rawathome, Edward, of Lum, and Eliz-
abeth bii daughter, IS.

Rawetbome, Edward, of Newboll, and
Alice bid daugbler, 31.

Rawetbome Elizabeth, daughter of Ed-
ward, of Lunini, 30.

RswBtbome, Lauren<^e, of Newbal], 45.

RawBtbome, Laurence, of Winder, .^0.

RawiChome, Lieut. Col. Laurence, 30.

Bawithome, William, and hia wife Mar-
garet, daughter of Emor liulliweil, 29.

Roddiah, Alexander, and Catherine bis
wife, S7, 107; Swab and Grace, hia i
daughter!, 67.

ReddJih-H^I, 67.

Rediab, 66.

Reeves' EeeUt. Jntig. of Down, Connor,
and Dromort, 2.

BMpiibliea,hj Sir John Pnwtwich, 107.

Re;noIda, FnuioiB, 75.

Rejnolda, Mar;, 75.

Kevnolds, Tbomu, of London and
Htrangeways, 6S, 75.

Rhodw, 109.

Richarda, Mrs. Catherine, of Btratigo-
ways, 68; her Will and Charitios, 75.

RiebardsoD, Mr. 40.

Rid^HiU,4.

Ridffway, Josepb, of Ridgmont K«q. 42.

RisDTe, Alice, wife of Roger Kcnyon Eiq.

Kigbye, George, fourth ion of Alexander,
of Middleton, 39.

Bingley, 7H, 109 ; Chanel built by Na-
than Walworth, 117; endowed by
bim, llSi cndowmont increased by
e Kaq. US; augment

Riabton, John, of Parnwortb, 41 ,
RiTingtoD, II, Iff, 19,20.
RiTington, AieianiJer de, 19.
Rivington, Cecily de, 19.

Kivington JtalJ, 20,21.

llivington, Mr. 20.

Rivington, Portrait of Bishop Pilkington

Bt, 21.

Rivington, Richard, 21.

bridge elects the Muster, 22.
Ro1>«rts, Edward, Esq. 23.
Robinson, Ralph, of Kearslcy, 67) Eli-

zabetb his daughter, wife of Willioni

ilulme Esq. 67.
Roby's TradUiont of Laneaihlrt,\2.
Rochdale, 34, 47, 121 ; an account of

the Manor, 121 ; and Advuwaun, 122 ;

Foundation deed of Trinity Chapel,

123 ; some account of it, 123 ; St. Ka.

tberine's Chupol, 123; new Font, 124;

an account of tbo Tithes of, 1301;

James Dearden, Lay Ini|irDpriator,

130 ; MemoriaU of the Ctrunimor

School, 131.
Rode, William, 12.1.
Roger Qiabop of Lichfield, 56.
Rootea, Mr. Z. 106.
Rothwell, James, Vicar of Dean, 42, 43,

45.

Ruthvell, Jamci, of Cockey, 105.

Rotbwell, William, Curate of Hury, af-
terwards Vicar of I^yland, 28.

Rothwell, William, Vicar of Dean, 38.

Itoyda, Clement, 127.

Royda, James, of Fahngo, 127.

Royda, John, 154.

Royton, 112.

Hoyton Hall, 114.

Roy ton Park, 114.

Kumworth, 33, 39,41.

Rum worth School, 40.

Rusham — BushaUne, 67, 79.

Ryton, 112,113.

Saddleworth, 143; the Manor, Church,
endowment, aiigraentstion by John
Wild, 144; tba Inhabitants claim tho
Patronage, 145; tbcir aJdrees to Bi-

Sale, Henry, 123.
Salford, 66.

Salford Bridge, Chapel ol
Salford Chapo), 65, 92.

INDEX. xxiii ^H

Sdford Hundred conUina only eleven i BhatcJameaand Katharine, 21. ^^^^^|

Parishes, 2.

Shaw, John, 22. ^^^^^H

Shaw, John and Ricbard, and theiriUter ^^^^^1

Simdiforth, GeotrreT, uid Isabel his wife.

Ann, wife of Jamcg Feilding, 21. ^^^^^^H

123.

Sandiforth, R. 76.

22.' ^M

Shaw, Oliver, of Hoy Sido, 119. ^M

Shaw, Robert, of High Bullock, Gent. ^M

Suvogs, Maud, dauehter of Sir Jobo

H

Savage of Clifton. 48.

Shaw,Thotnaa,2l. ^M

Savage, Ricbard, Lord Colchester, 50.

Shaw, Thomas de, and Alexander hia ^H

Savilo,SirHenr7,orTbDTiihilI, 121, 130.

son! 119. H

Savilo, »ir Robert of ilowlev, 121.

Shaw, Thomas and Henry, 119. ^M

Shepherd, Mrs. Alary, of Woatminator, ^M

157 ; ab!tn>ct of her Will, 1S7. H

Savoy, Amndcua de, 06.

Savoy, the. 124.

SBXton'a Map of Lancaahire, 34, S8.

Shepherd, Robert, Isto of Uurv, 32. ^M

8«bolea, George, of Chkdderton, yeomtui.

Shepley llall,4.6. ^M

lie.

Shepley, John, a Grocer 6. ^H
Shepley, Potcr de, and Jane, 0. ^^^^^1

Bcholea, Mr. Jacob, of RinRley, 119.

Bcholes, Johii,orElton,lll.

Sherlock, Dr., of Winwick, 53. ^^^^H

Bcholcs, Mr. of Proatwich, 111.

BoholeKeld, Alice, daughter of James
Bcholefield, and wife of Setb Clayton

Sherlock, William or »amuel, 15. ^^^^^

Shore, Thomsa, of Shore, Geut. 133. .^^^^H

Esq. ini.

ScboleSeld, CapUin Jamea, 142.
Scholefield llatl, aome account of, 142.

borough, 136. ^^^^^^^^M

Shaver, or Sholver, 7S. ^^^^^^H

Shuttleworth, EUen, 77. ^^^^^M

145.

S ddall, Kdward, of Blade, 69. ^^^^H

SoholeGeld, John, aon of John de Schole-

S ddall, Biehard, of Withington, 69. ^H
S debottom, Mr., Rector of Middbton, ^H

field, 142.

Scholeiield, Mr. Jooathan, Llinistor of

106. ^M

Heywood, 34.

Simpson, Kev. John, and EUiaboth his ^H

Scholefield, KadclifTo, K»a. ISl.

daughter, 12. ^^^^H

Scolfeid, Cuthbert, of Scolfeld, 140. 1 Blade Hull, 67. ^^^^^M

Sedall, Ilcnry, 60.

Blade, Joan, 69. ^^^^^^H

Sod bury, 30.

Blade Rev. James, Vicar of Bolton, 8. ^^^^^|
Slade, Ralph, of CUfton, 00. ^^^^^M

Seddop, James, of Preatolee, 1 18.

Seddon, Mary, lOG.

Slode, Ralph, 69. ^^^^^1

Seddun, rotor, of Itingley, 117, US.
Seddon, Robert, of I'illiiDgton, 117.
Sedgwielc, Mr. Edward, 56.

Slade, Thomai, 69. ^^^^^1

^^^^^M

Smoreall, Laurence, 95. ^^^^^^H

Smethills Hall, 39, 52. ^^^^^H
Bmcthurit IlaU, 99. ^^^^^H

B«Wdo,77. '

Sempill, Hnfh,eleventh Lord, 31; Sarah

Sephton, 4l.

Smith, Charlotte Mary, 13. ^^^^^H

Smith George, of Aynaworth, 10, 26. ^^^^^M

Smith. James, 34. ^^^^H

"Settle,'' a leat in Ecclea Charcb, 48,

Smith, Mr. .lohn, of Oldham, 120. ^^^^H

4D. '

Biuith, Richard, Panon of Bury, 39. ^^^^H

Shadwell'a, Vice Chancellor, Decree re-

Smith, Thomas, of HadelifTe, Gent. 7. ^^^^H

specting Mancheetor School, 71.

Smith Thomas, of Rochdale, 127 ; Ellea ^^^^H

Sharrock. Jamei, of Turton. 26.

i

Shaw Chnpcl, 120; no eodowment, 1211;

Eiq. 127. ^H

augmented by Mr. Anheton, 120. ! Snidalo Hall in Wcsthougbton, 62. ^H

Shaw, Mr, George, 19, 30, 22. 1 Somonct'a, Duchess of, Exbibitions, 73 i ^H
ehaw,GUB»,ofSaddl8»orth, 14S,146. ' aomc acoount of her Grwe, 72. ^^^H

XXIV INI

Somcrton, Thomna, a bUckimith, Minis-
ter of TodraordCD, 148-9.
Sondoforth llnlph, D.l). 70.
Sorocold, Ralph, of Golborn, 83.
SouoraerB, 4.

Routliwell Collegiate Cbureb, 64.
Speke'e Chantry in Eietor Cathedral, 9.
Spotlauil, Adam de, 122.
Spotland, Aleiander do, 122.
StoSbrd, Adam de, Arcbdeaeon of Cbe«-

tor, 144.
Stamford and 'WttrriQgton, Goo. Harry,

Earl of, 3.
Stamford, Henry, Earl of, G.
Stand UaU in Pilkington Park, 110.
Standiili, llav. John Cbudwick, Hector

of,0.
Stanlaw Abbey, 37, 46, 47.
Stanley, Hon. and Rer. John, 2S.
Stanleys of Holt Caatlc, Ql.
Stanley, Joan, daughter of Sir William

Stanley, and wife of Sir Richard

Brereton, Gl.
Stanley, James, Biabop of Ely, 61, G2,

65.
StannicliiFe, 101.
Stannvvlilfe Hall, 0!).
Stapylton, Robert de, 144.
Stapylton, Sir William de, 144.
Starkie, Mr. John, of Hoywood, 110;

his wife Mary, 128; bia MS. Diary

qaotod, 104.
SUrliio, John, of Huntroyd Esq. 12, 72,

118 ; Marvaret hi« wife, 12,
Bturkie, L. O. P. Esq. 12.
Btarlcie, Nicbolai, and bii wife, Ann

Parr, 52.
Btarky, James, Esq. of Heywood, 29,

110.
Starky, John, of Rochdale, 29, 34, 35,

128, 152.
Starky, John, of Pennington, 3!>.
Btoad, Samuel, of Rocbdalo, Merchant,

and Judith his wife, 138.
Stock, Mr. Nathan, 35.
Stock, J. 102.

Btoke, Geoffrey de, Hector of Manches-
ter, 68.
Btoces, Henry de, 147.
Stones, William, of Sborplos, 2e.
Stonor, Thomas, of Slonor, Esq. and

Catherine his wife, 41.
Strangevays Hall, 67.

Street in Pilswortb, 99,

Strcte, Tliomas, Gent. 130.

Slretford, G6, 67, 95.

Stablcy Hall, 136.

Stublev, John de, 136.

Stublay, Nicholas de, 136.

Stjcbe iQ the county of Salop, 31 .

Suffield, Harbord, Lord, 97.

Sumner, Bishop of Chartor, 79, 99.

Sunderland Hall, 4, 5.

Sutton, Robert, of Mancheslcr, Ann his

wife, and Robert his son, 76.
Swinton, 51 .
SwintoQ, Griffith, Minister of Newton,

Sydall, Sir Haorj, 61, 62.

Syddall, Henry, 111.

Symouds, Robert, M.A. 93; Curate of
Shaw, 120; Chaplain of Manchester
College, 120; Rector of Middlcton,
121 ; his family and guffcrings, 120,
121 ; hi« son and two daughters, 121 ;
his Will, 121.

Synodg — Syoodatift — Synodals — Byno-
dies, 2.

Talbot, Ann, wife of James Ashcton
Esq. 116.

Talbot, Thomas, son of Sir Thomas Tal-
bot of Dashall, 11&

Tallebois, Ito, 48.

Taunton, 4.

Taylor, Edmund, of Horsodgo Hall,

lor, wifo of John Nuttall, 1 15.

Taylor, Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Tay-
lor, wife of William Langlov, 115.

Taylor, Eliiabotb, 72.

Taylor, James, of Sharpies, 11.

Taylor, James, sen. and James, jun. of
Bright met, 72.

Taylor, George, of Blackrod, 15.

Taylor, John, of Bradford House, E»q. 9.

Taylor, Richard, 89.

Taylor, Sarah, 69.

Taylor, Sir William, Curate of Saddle-
worth, 144.

Tempest, Stephen, of Broughton, Eeq.
and Elizabeth his wife, 41.

Ttita dt NnUl'. 3, 12, 15, 46, 55, 56,
110.

Tetlow, Jftno, danghter of Robert Tel-
low, and wife of George Wood, 116.

Tetlow, June, wife of John WaUten-
liolmc, 130.

Tetlow, Joan, daughter of John Tetlow,
and wife of Thomas Chaderton, ll(i.

Tetlow, John, 117.

Tetlow, Richard de, 116.

Tetlow, Richard, aon Of Adam de Tetlow,
115.

Thomu, Mr. the Seulptor, 9.

Tliomseow in the county of York, 30.

Tliamclegh, Sir Oliver, Clerh, 60.

Tliumham recommended to be made a
Pariah, 98, sa ; benefaction to, 102.

Thornton, John, 66.

Tliropp, Roger, Gent. 11.

Tildeafey, 64.

TildealejB, the, 24.

Tildeilej, Mrs. Eliiabotb, 16.

Tildeiley, Mr. John, Vicar of Dean, 37,
3S.

Tildesley, Thiirstan, of Wardley Hall,

Tipfiing, Martha, dmightor of John Tip-
ping uf Slancheiter, Merchant, wife of
Samuel CIowcb Esq. 61.

Tipping, Mr. 12.

Tipping, Thomas, of Klanehoiter, K»q. 7.

Toekhoios, 14.

Tudd Dail, 31.

Todmordine, an account of the snp-
IKiged Manor— the Parochial Chapel-
rj— the Church rEbuill — 147_i Wals-
^n Church and Pariah — ancient In-

B with Quakers,
149; notice of tho Rev. John Welsh,
150; contoBta with the Parish Clerk,
151 ; hii ancient right relinquished,
151 ; account of Todmorden Ifall and
ScaitclifTe, 1D2; Clegs, Vicar of Kirk-
ham, founds a School here — some ac-
count of him, 163.

Todaon, Geffrey, 66.

Ton, KlicluLcl de h^ 136, 137.

Ton, William de la, 13ti, 137.

Tonge, 109.

Tongo Hali, 110.

Tonge, Henry de, 110.

Tonge, JonatbOD, 1 10.

Tonge, Richard, of Tonge, 91.

Tonge, Robert and R^lpbe, 65.

1 OlblNgXUU, ^O, iiff ^^t ^''

Tottington Hdl, 29, 30.

Tottington Royal Manor. 27.

Town House near Littleborough, 136,
137.

Townley, Colonel Richard, 142, 156.

Townley, Richard, of Rochdale Gont.
123, 142.

Townley, Richard Greaves, of BelSeld,
Esq.m, 142, 144

Trafford, 67.

Trafford, Mr. Cecil), 66.

TraSbrd, Sir Cecil, 96.

Trafford, Edmund, Esq. 10, 60, 83, 133.

Trafford, Sir Edmnnd, 60, 96; and Mar-
garet Booth his wife, 46.

Traffurd, Edmund, Knt. 66.

TrafTord, Edmund, of TraSord, and hia
daughter Margaret, 57.

Tratford Hall and Park, 50.

Trafford, Henry, son of Thoraaa Trafford,
third eon of Sir John Trafford, b3.

Trafford, Humphrey, Esq. 50.

Trafford, John, of Croaton, SO.

Traff'ord, Lady de, 96,

Trafford, Sir. 6S.

Trafford, Mr. nominates the Pariah Clerk
of Mancheater, 66.

Trafford, Ralph, of Garratt, 6S.

Trafford, Randulphua, 60.

Trafford, Richard and Geoff^y de, 113,
114.

Trafford, Sir Thomas J. de, 48, 96.

Travis, Father, Minister of Blackley, 82.

Travia, George, of Rlaekley, 61.

Travu, John, »2.

Travia, Peter, B.D. Rector of Dory, 27,
£S; Dorothy hia wife, and six chil-
dren, 2S, 34.

Travis, Thoroas, 81, 62.

Troms Booth, 17.

Tudor, Gabriel, and Mary hit wife,
daughter of Owcn Radclyffe Esq. 99.

Tunstall, DcaDery of, 64.

Tomer, Mr. Miles, 17.

Tumor, Richard, of Uaagb, 15.

Turner, Richard, 16.

Tumogh, Sir Robert, Priest of Little-
borough, 133.

Turton, 11, 22, 25, 26, 27, 103; men-
tioned by Camden and Harrison, 33;
the Chapel rebuilt, 24.

Turton Tower, 25, Ti.

TyUtDD, &lr.. Vicar of Rockdale, Ul.

rirffift -En. quoted, 2.

Vicir'a Hill Udu», Lymiogton, 13.

Valor of Poim Nichola*, 37.

VoleDtin^ ifichurd, Eiq. 49.

Vetej, Joliti, Archdoaoou of Chrator, 70.

Violett, MftBsted, Clerk, 141,

UrnutoD, formerly Onn-E»ton, 3, 56.
Unuston Hall in Fliiton, G6.
UmutoD, Adun ie,l)0.
Umfravill, Gilbon de, and Robert bia

Unsworth,31,;

, 1(J9.

WailcB of NewcMtla, 8.
WaiDwrJght, CbancellDr, 23.
■Woinwrighl, Tbomu, E»q, 23.
"Walter, Edmaod, 117.
Wallter, Mr. John, 21, DO; hii Sormon

at Newton's Funeral, 21.
Walker, Air., a Diuenting Teacher at

Uorwich, 43.
Walker, lloger, of lladcliffa. 111.
Walker's Sufferingi of tht CUrgy,

quoted, 4, rs, 18, 21, 23, 28, 34, 38,

121.
Wnlkor, William, of HadaUffe, HI.
Wallbank, 34.
Wolmeralej-, 2a, 30.
Walmerslej School, 32,
Walmeiley becks, 23.
Walmriey, 26, 28.
Walmsloy, George, 129,
Walmaley, Rbt. Henry, of New JIallon,

and Doroth; hii daughter, IS.
VValmaley, John, of GooiaUoc, 129.
Walmaley, John, of Cutlemoro, Eiq,

Walur, Theobald, 5S.

Walton, Uenrj-, of Klanden Hall Eso.
152. '

Walton, Mr. James, Minister of Black-
lev, 81,

Walworth, Mr, Nathan, of London, 117;
Foundor of Ringtey Cliopol and School,
117i Bome account of him, 117, 118;
his MS. Correipondenet, 118.

Warburton, Hiohard, Rector of Middls-
ton, 98.

W»rdie»orth, John, 81.

Wardloworth, William, 80.

Wardlej UaU, CO,

Ware, Sir John U, B8.

Ware's, Dr. Hibbert, iii»(ory of th* Col-

leffialt Church of ManchetttT, 97.
Warr, John, Baron de la, and bis wife

Joan, 3.
Warr, De ta. Lord Richard, hO.
Warr, Lord de la, 1 7, 23, 58.
Warr, La, Lord Reginald Wc«t. S3,
Warra, Roger la, 4>(, 58.
Warr, La, Lord Thomas Wcat, 82, Hi
Warr, Thomas de la, 3, 59.
Warrmgtoo, Lord, 1, 5.
Warrington and Stamford, (i. H. Earl

of, 3.
Warrington, 40.
Warrington, Trinity Oiapel in tlie I'a-

rish of, 77.
Warringion, Mary, Countess uf, 72.
WatorhaUBoi, 4.
Watcrland, Ur. 44.
Watmough, Hugh, B.D. 2a
Watson/Jane, 154.
Watson, Robert, Gent. 154.
Watson, Dr. Robert, of Paddington,

164.
Watt's Hor, Thomas, Li/e [>//»»■. ,4»iA«-

fon, 98.
Webb, Raphe, ' Parish Clark of Koth-

dale, 152.
Welsh, John, of Tiirton, 26; of Tod-

morden, 160; of Newchurch, 161.
Wentworth, ^lr. Watson, 107.
Weaeham, Roger de, Bbhop of LJtch-

Hold,8.
Wot, Reginald, Lord de la Warr, 58.
West, Thomas, Esq. 68.
West Halgbton, 46,
Wettbuugbton, 38.
West Hoghton Chapel, 37.
Wei thoutfhton, 39, 45,
Wojtleigh, G4,

Wostminater, Hobert, Marqaois of, 107.
Westmoreland, Archdeacon of, 64,
Westmoreland, Ralph Nevill, Earl of,

WhiUIey Abbey, 37.

Whalley Bchool, 101.

Whalley, Jftinoa,of8partb E»4. I5&.

WhaUcy, Robert de, 122-

Wlieatley, Mr. 44.

Wheelton near Rivington. 22.

Wbitaker'a liiilory of Itichmondtkir;

quoted, 9, tiS ,
Whitaker'. Uhlorv of fPhatU;/, ror-

rected, 125, 128, 132, 137, 143.

4

WUt«S«ld, 109.

Whitehaven, 77.

WhiUhead, Henry, Gent, and Mwy, his
daughter and heireti, 32, 34.

Whitehead, Jaraci, Conitithte of Ent-
viale, 24.

Wbiteheiu], Richard, of Piliwarth, 04.

Whitehead, Riclmrd, 102, 104,

Whilohcad, Thomne, of Buiy, Gout. 7.

Whitehead, ThoniM, Curate of Urad-
Bhttw, 18.

Whitehead, Thonma, of Field llouae, 34.

Wbittiold Hall in Crompton, 113, 114.

Wbitgift, Archbishop, a Benefactor to
Roclidale, 131.

Whittle, Uu?h, of Hocwich and Elea-
nor his daughter, wife of Sir Thomai
Willouffhby, 42.

WWttle,Titfio«of, 34.

"Whilworth, 34; aomo account of the
early Lords of, 1&4 ; Inhabitsnta build
a Chapel — diiput«s about the Patron-
age, 155; Adrovrson bought by Mr.
.^hn Starky, 15G; aneient endaw-
raent^ boll — Chapel rebuilt — again
rebuilt, 157.

Whitworth, John, of Newton, Gil.

Whitworth, Mr. J. 96.

Wigan School, 12.

Wiggan, Mr. John, 79.

Wigland School. 12.

Wild, John, 140.

Wild, John, Incumbent of Saddlewortli,
144; bi> Will, 144,

Wild, Ottiwoll, 145.

Wilde, James, of Shaw, Eliiabeth hi»
wife, and James bis nephew, 117.

WilUanuon, Mr., Vicar of Ecclei, 49.

Willis, Mrs. Helen, 63.

Willis, Richard, of Halsnead Esq. 63.

WiUoogbby, Baldwin, G9.

WiUoQghby, George, seventeenth Baron,
of Parham, 42.

Willoughby, Hugh Lord, 54; his wife
Honors, daughter of Sir Thos, Leigh,

WiUoaffhby, Sir Thomas, Bart. 42.
Wilmslow, Chancellor, brother of Bishop

Bonner, 39.
Wilson, William, of Poppithome Gent.

Wilton, Earl of, 107.

Wilton, Lord Grey de, II.

WUton, Tbomu, tecond Earl of, 110,

Windle, 40.

Windsor, 30.

Winstanley, Clement, of Bniunston Esq.
127.

Wirrall, Deanery of, 64.

WithBrslaek in the county of West-
moreland, 77.

Withington, GG, 8f<.

Witney Church, Oifordshirc, 6.

WoldenHaU,S0,52, 82.

Wulfenden, James, of Hades, B Bene-
factor to Whitworth, 166.

Walstenholmo, Mrs. Deborah, 102.

WoUtenholme, Esther, daughter and
heireaa of John Wolatenhotnie, wife
of Arthur Kaj\ 130.

Wolften holme, Francis, and John bit
■on, sell the Estate, 130.

Wabtenholme Hall, 126, 129, 130.

WoUtenholme, Hugh, and Thomait his
son, 130.

Wolstenholme, Jane, wife of Jehu Wol-
steuholme, 130.

Wolstenholme, John de, 129.

Wolstenholme, Alartin de, and Robert
his brother, 129.

Wolstenholme, Tbomae, nephew of Ab-
bot Failew, 130.

Wolveley, Alice de, and her son, Thomas
deTonge, 110.

Wood, John, of Turton, 23.

Womiall, Ciceley, wife of Mr. Laurence
Shaw, 22.

WormhiU, 30.

Womethllall, 113, 115.

Womoth, William de, 113.

Worsicy, 61.

Woraley, Geoifrey da, 37, 51.

Worsley Hall, 49, 50, 54.

Worsley, Helen, daughter of Richard
Worsley of Kempnall, and wife of
Riuhard Parr, 52.

Worsley, Jordan, and Alargaret hii
daaghter, 51.

Worsley, Mr. of Booths, 49.
Worsley, Ralph, 91.

Worsley, Robert de, 51 ; the family
removed to Hovingham, 61.

Worsley, Seth, 48.

Worthmgton, Mellicent, widow of Ralph

Worthington, 3)

Wrigley, Ifetty, d. _„

Henry Wri^ey, and wife of the Rer.

', daughter of the R«v.

XXVllI INDEX.

Wrigley, Mr. Henry of Manchester, Wroe, Warden, of Manchester, liis J/ jSX

16, 18, 24, 26, 33, 35, 38, 42, 45, 46, 53,

65, 65, 79, 103.
Wyatt, Jeffrey, Esq. 124.
Wyche, Thomas do. Rector of Man-

99.
Wrigley, Uenry, of Cliamber Hall,

100.
Wrigley, Mr. Henry, of Langley, 102. , , ,

Wrigley, Mr. Henry, of Salford, 1 15. | Chester, 48.
Wrigley, Martha, wife of Joseph Gregge, i Wyddell near Barv, 29.

115. i

Wroe, Dr. his charity to Radcliffe, 160. I Yield House, 67.

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